Hallo vs Halls - What's the difference?
hallo | halls |
A variant of hello
A cry of surprise.
* 1890 , ,
To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
To chase while shouting "hallo!"
To cry "hallo" (to someone).
To shout (something).
(UK, uncountable) student accommodation
* 2004 , anonymous student, quoted in K Woodley, "Let the data sing: representing discourse in poetic form", Oral History volumes 31-32, page 49
* 2008 , Anshuman Ahmed Mondal, Young British Muslim Voices , page 15
* 2009 , anonymous Disability Advisor, quoted in Supporting people with autism through adulthood , National Audit Office, page 30
* 2010 , Julius Falconer, Tempt Not the Stars , page 127
As nouns the difference between hallo and halls
is that hallo is the cry "hallo! while halls is plural of hall.As an interjection hallo
is a variant of helloAs a verb hallo
is to shout, or to call with a loud voice.hallo
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the — But hallo ! here are the accredited representatives of the law.
Verb
(en verb)See also
* lo *Anagrams
* ----halls
English
Noun
(head)- He was chatting to a couple of girls so I went over and introduced myself, said, "Hello, I er... I’m in the same halls as you." He just looked at me and said, "And?"
- 'I had a massive argument with my parents about moving into halls' and they even tried to bribe me a bit and said, "You know, if you don't go into '''halls''' we'll give you the money that you would have paid in ' halls as a gift."
- Once B started University he did really well; the structured environment provided by his university suited him well and he loved it so much that by the end of the first term he decided he did want to live in halls after all.
- 'Yes. The first year he was in halls but was glad to leave for digs after that.'
