Hi vs Hella - What's the difference?
hi | hella |
A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.
An exclamation to call attention.
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"Hi" or similar greeting.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) a lot; or, a hell of a lot.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
As a verb hi
is to call.As a proper noun hella is
.hi
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Interjection
(wikipedia hi) (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. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi! ” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
Synonyms
* (friendly informal greeting) helloAdjective
(head)- Get hi- quality videos here!
- Next, set the burner to ''hi .
Derived terms
* hi-tech * hi-lo * hi-fiveNoun
hi (no attested plural)Synonyms
* greeting, helloAnagrams
* English two-letter words ----hella
English
(wikipedia hella)Etymology 1
Related to "a hell of a". Originally slang. Also helluv .Determiner
(en determiner)- There are hella people here.
Synonyms
* madPronoun
(English Pronouns)- We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.
Adverb
(-)- I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
- Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
- Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
- I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
- I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
Synonyms
* wicked (North East US)Interjection
(en interjection)- "We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella !"