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Hey vs No - What's the difference?

hey | no |

As nouns the difference between hey and no

is that hey is (country dancing) a choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another while no is noh (japanese theatrical genre).

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

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    no

    Translingual

    (wikipedia NO)

    Symbol

    (head)
  • The molecular formula for nitric oxide.
  • The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Norway.
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