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Haha vs Roar - What's the difference?

haha | roar |

As nouns the difference between haha and roar

is that haha is type of boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, designed not to interrupt the view and to be invisible until closely approached while roar is a long, loud, deep shout made with the mouth wide open.

As an interjection haha

is an onomatopoeic representation of laughter.

As a verb roar is

to make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

haha

English

Alternative forms

* ha ha * ha-ha * hah hah

Etymology 1

(onomatopoeia).

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) haha. French term attested 1686 in toponyms in (New France) (present Quebec); compare modern . English term attested 1712, in translation by of French La theorie et la pratique du jardinage (1709) by (w, Dezallier d'Argenville):
    Grills of iron are very necessary ornaments in the lines of walks, to extend the view, and to show the country to advantage. At present we frequently make thoroughviews, called Ah, Ah,' which are openings in the walls, without grills, to the very level of the walks, with a large and deep ditch at the foot of them, lined on both sides to sustain the earth, and prevent the getting over; which surprises the eye upon coming near it, and makes one laugh, '''Ha! Ha!''' from where it takes its name. This sort of opening is ' haha, on some occasions, to be preferred, for that it does not at all interrupt the prospect, as the bars of a grill do.

    Noun

    (Ha-ha)
  • Type of boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, designed not to interrupt the view and to be invisible until closely approached.
  • * (rfdate), Horace Walpole, On Modern Gardening :
    • The Ha Ha But the capital stroke, the leading step to all that, has followed, was (I believe the first thought was Bridgman's) the destruction of walls for boundaries, and the invention of fosses - an attempt then deemed so astonishing, that the common people called them Ha! Ha's! to express their surprise at finding a sudden and unperceived check to their walk. One of the first gardens planted in this simple though still formal style was my father's at Houghton. It was laid out by Mr. Eyre, an imitator of Bridgman. It contains three-and-twenty acres, then reckoned a considerable portion.
  • * 1731 , Richard Bradley, New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical (London), page 164:
    • Haha! or Fossee, are Terms of the same Signification, tho' the First is a new coin'd Word'', they mean a ''Ditch'', or ''Moat'' to Enclose a ''Garden'', whether the ''Ditch'' has ''Water'' in it, or not, but the ''Haha'', by the Custom of five or six Years, intimates a dry ''Ditch'', so regulated by Slopes, and so Deep that it is unpassable. It makes a fine open ''Fence'' to a ''Ground .
    English reduplications ----

    roar

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
  • * Dryden
    • Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief / Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
  • To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
    • The audience roared at his jokes.
  • Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
  • * Spenser
    • Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
  • Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
  • * Milton
    • The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar .
  • * Gray
    • How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar .
  • (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 25, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
    • , title= Blackpool 2-3 Man Utd , passage=United's attempt to extend their unbeaten league sequence to 23 games this season looked to be in shreds as the Seasiders - managed by Ian Holloway - roared into a fully deserved two-goal lead at the interval. }}
  • To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
  • * Ford
    • This last action will roar thy infamy.
  • * , 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. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
  • To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
  • To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, loud, deep shout made with the mouth wide open.
  • The cry of the lion.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
    • The Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told. So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy. Then the Lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them, and the poor Winkies were so frightened that they ran back as fast as they could.
  • The deep cry of the bull.
  • A loud resounding noise.
    • the roar of a motorbike
  • * 1944, , Brave Men , University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 107:
    • "Those lovely valleys and mountains were filled throughout the day and night with the roar of heavy shooting."
  • A show of strength or character.