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Hello vs Cello - What's the difference?

hello | cello |

As nouns the difference between hello and cello

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

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.
    English phrasebook 1000 English basic words

    cello

    English

    (wikipedia cello) (commons)

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of violoncello.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (musical instruments) A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings. (From lowest to highest C-G-D-A)
    • Synonyms
    * violoncello
    Meronyms
    * back * bout ** upper bout ** c-bout ** lower bout * bridge * endpin, spike, tail spike ** endpin stopper * f-hole, sound hole * fine tuner * fingerboard * neck * purfling, edgework * rib ** upper rib ** c-rib ** lower rib * saddle * scroll ** peg ** pegbox ** nut * shoulder * sound post * string * tailgut * tailpiece * top, front, belly, table * waist
    Derived terms
    * cellist

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of cellophane.

    Noun

    (-)
  • cellophane
  • * 2011 , Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?
    • Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to(SIC) the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!
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