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ho | jo |

As nouns the difference between ho and jo

is that ho is a stop; a halt; a moderation of pace while jo is darling, sweetheart.

As proper nouns the difference between ho and jo

is that ho is a Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh while Jo is a diminutive of the female given names Josephine, Joan or Joanna. Often used in conjoined names such as Jo Ann or Mary Jo.

As an interjection ho

is used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.

As an initialism HO

is Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, in economics.

ho

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ho, .

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
    • Sail ho !
  • :: Another boat is visible!
    • Land ho !
  • :: Land is visible!
    • Man ho !
  • :: A town is visible!
  • halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
  • * Shakespeare
    • What noise there, ho ?
  • * Shakespeare
    • Ho ! who's within?
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • Ho ! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.

    Noun

  • A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
  • * Decker
    • There is no ho with them.
    References
    * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

    Etymology 2

    An eye dialect corruption of whore , from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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.
    • Bros before hos !
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----

    jo

    English

    (wikipedia jo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) Darling, sweetheart.
  • * 1711 , traditional, published by James Watson, Old Long Syne :
    • On Old long syne my Jo ,
    on Old long syne,
    That thou canst never once reflect,
    on Old long syne.

    Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----