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Hep vs Hyp - What's the difference?

hep | hyp |

As a noun hep

is (obsolete) a hip of a rose; a rosehip.

As an adjective hep

is (dated|us slang) aware, up-to-date.

As an initialism hyp is

harvard/yale/princeton.

hep

English

Etymology 1

hyp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (entertainment) hypnotism; hypnotist
    • A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats.
    The hyp is booked through the end of the month.
  • (mathematics) hypotenuse
  • hypochondria
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps .

    Alternative forms

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    References

    * (entertainment) Usage in both ways in Swift

    Verb

    (hypp)
  • (colloquial, dated) To make melancholy.
    • (Washington Irving)

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