What is the difference between hi and hey?
hi | hey |
A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.
An exclamation to call attention.
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"Hi" or similar greeting.
An exclamation to get attention.
A protest or reprimand.
An expression of surprise.
(US, Australia, UK, Canada) An informal greeting, similar to hi.
A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion (see also eh, huh).
A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another.
Hey is a synonym of hi.
As interjections the difference between hi and hey
is that hi is a friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone while hey is an exclamation to get attention.As nouns the difference between hi and hey
is that hi is "Hi" or similar greeting while hey is a choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another.As an adjective hi
is informal spelling of lang=en, often hyphenated.As an abbreviation HI
is hawaii, a state of the United States of America.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 ----hey
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Interjection
(en interjection)- Hey , look at this!
- Hey ! Stop that!
- Hey ! This is new!
- Hey ! How's it going?
- Hey ? How's that?
- The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".