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Goodnight vs Hello - What's the difference?

goodnight | hello |

As nouns the difference between goodnight and hello

is that goodnight is a farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep while hello is "!" or an equivalent greeting.

As an interjection hello is

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As a verb hello is

to greet with "hello".

goodnight

English

Alternative forms

* good night

Noun

  • A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
  • * (George Eliot)
    • At last the pupils had all taken their hats and said their “Goodnights ,” and Adam, knowing his old master's habits, rose and said, “Shall I put the candles out, Mr. Massey?”

    Related terms

    * goodnight Vienna

    See also

    * good afternoon * good day * good evening * good morning

    Anagrams

    * English phrasebook

    hello

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hallo * hilloa (obsolete) * hullo (UK)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!'” at the top of my lungs.
  • (colloquial)

    • Usage notes

    * The greeting hello is among the most generic and neutral in use. It may be heard in nearly all social situations and in nearly all walks of life, and is unlikely to cause offense.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "hello")

    Synonyms

    * (greeting) ** g'day, hey, hi, ** hallo, hi, hiya, ey up ** hallo, hey, hi, howdy ** how's it going, hey, hi ** howzit ** (slang) wassup, what's up, yo, sup * See also

    Antonyms

    * (greeting) bye, goodbye

    Derived terms

    *

    See also

    * * (wikipedia "hello")

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • "!" or an equivalent greeting.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 29, author=Stephanie Rosenbloom, title=A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lipped hellos at the mailbox.}}

    Synonyms

    * greeting

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To greet with "hello".
  • * 2013 , Ivan Doig, English Creek (page 139)
    • I had to traipse around somewhat, helloing' people and being ' helloed , before I spotted my mother and my father, sharing shade and a spread blanket with Pete and Marie Reese and Toussaint Rennie near the back of the park.
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