Hello vs Bread - What's the difference?
hello | bread |
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"!" 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
, passage=In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lipped hellos at the mailbox.}}
To greet with "hello".
* 2013 , Ivan Doig, English Creek (page 139)
(uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
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, title= * 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
(countable) Any variety of bread.
(slang) Money.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
* Bible, (w) vi. 11
In lang=en terms the difference between hello and bread
is that hello is to greet with "hello" while bread is to form in meshes; net.As nouns the difference between hello and bread
is that hello is "!" or an equivalent greeting while bread is (uncountable) a foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals or bread can be breadth or bread can be a piece of embroidery; a braid.As verbs the difference between hello and bread
is that hello is to greet with "hello" while bread is to coat with breadcrumbs or bread can be (dialectal) to make broad; spread or bread can be to form in meshes; net.As an interjection hello
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Alternative forms
* hallo * hilloa (obsolete) * hullo (UK)Interjection
(en interjection)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.
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 alsoAntonyms
* (greeting) bye, goodbyeDerived terms
*See also
* * (wikipedia "hello")Noun
(en noun)citation
Synonyms
* greetingVerb
(en verb)- 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.
bread
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(wikipedia bread)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bred, breed, from (etyl) .Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Philander went into the next room
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- 773;, d?r? adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
- Give us this day our daily bread .
