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Hey vs Heft - What's the difference?

hey | heft |

As nouns the difference between hey and heft

is that hey is (country dancing) a choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another while heft is hip.

As an interjection hey

is an exclamation to get attention.

hey

English

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l)

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • An exclamation to get attention.
    • Hey , look at this!
  • A protest or reprimand.
    • Hey ! Stop that!
  • An expression of surprise.
    • Hey ! This is new!
  • (US, Australia, UK, Canada) An informal greeting, similar to hi.
    • Hey ! How's it going?
  • A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion (see also eh, huh).
    • Hey ? How's that?
  • A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
    • The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".

    Related terms

    * heyday * what the hey * hey up

    See also

    * huh * hay is for horses * (wikipedia "hey")

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    heft

    English

    Alternative forms

    * haft

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Weight.
  • * T. Hughes
    • a man of his age and heft
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  • Heaviness, the feel of weight.
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  • (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
  • An animal that has become hefted thus.
  • (West of Ireland) Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
  • The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • He cracks his gorge, his sides, / With violent hefts .
  • (US, dated, colloquial) The greater part or bulk of anything.
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    • Derived terms

    * hefty

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
    • He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.
  • To test the weight of something by lifting it.
  • (Northern England and Scotland) To become accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
  • (obsolete) past participle of to heave.

    • Synonyms

    * hoist