Ho vs He - What's the difference?
ho | he |
(nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
:: Another boat is visible!
:: Land is visible!
:: A town is visible!
halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
* Shakespeare
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* Bishop Joseph Hall
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
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(slang, pejorative) A whore; a sexually loose woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
(personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
A person whose gender is unknown.
(personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
(lb) The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
(informal) A male person.
The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
* 1658', The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter '''''He'' , the fifth in their Alphabet — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 210)
He is a synonym of ho.
As nouns the difference between ho and he
is that ho is a stop; a halt; a moderation of pace while he is the game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".As an interjection ho
is used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.As a proper noun Ho
is a Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.As an initialism HO
is Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, in economics.As a pronoun he is
a male person or animal already known or implied.As an abbreviation HE is
his Excellency, Her Excellency.ho
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ho, .Interjection
(en interjection)- Sail ho !
- Land ho !
- Man ho !
- What noise there, ho ?
- Ho ! who's within?
- Ho ! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.
Noun
- There is no ho with them.
References
* 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988Etymology 2
An eye dialect corruption of whore , from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare .Noun
(en-noun)- Bros before hos !
Synonyms
* See alsoAnagrams
* English two-letter words ----he
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Related to (l).Pronoun
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
Usage notes
* He'' was traditionally used as both a masculine and a gender-neutral pronoun, but since the mid 20th century generic usage has often been considered sexist and limiting.''When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style'' (2007, ISBN 0495050253) It is deprecated by some style guides, such as ''Wadsworth''.''The Pocket Wadsworth Handbook, 2009 MLA Update Edition'' (ISBN 1439081816), page 81: [A]void using the generic ''he'' or ''him'' when your subject could be either male or female. [...] Sexist:''' Before boarding, each passenger should make certain that he has his ticket. / '''Revised: Before boarding, passengers should make certain that they have their tickets. In place of generic ''he'', writers and speakers may use (m), alternate ''he and (m) as the indefinite person in their work, use the singular (m), or rephrase their sentences to use plural (m).Synonyms
* (person whose gender is unknown) he or she, * (animal whose gender is unknown) itQuotations
* (English Citations of "he")See also
(English personal pronouns)References
Noun
(s)- Alex totally is a he .