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Hello vs Balls - What's the difference?

hello | balls |

As nouns the difference between hello and balls

is that hello is "!" or an equivalent greeting while balls is .

As an interjection hello

is .

As a verb hello

is to greet with "hello".

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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    balls

    English

    Noun

    (head)
    • Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?
  • (slang) The testicles.
    • Dude, he got hit in the balls !
  • (uncountable, countable, slang) Bravery, courage, chutzpah, or brazenness.
    • He must have a lot of balls to talk to his boss that way.
    He's the guy with the big balls in that group.
    You do not have the balls to go through with that.
    (Stephen Colbert)
  • (British, slang) Rubbish, nonsense.
    • That's a load of balls .
  • (UK, Ireland, slang) A balls-up; a botched job.
    • Don't make a balls of it!

    Derived terms

    * ballsy * bust one's balls * bust someone's balls * have someone by the balls

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ball)

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (slang) Very.
    • It is balls cold out there.