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Hollo vs Hi - What's the difference?

hollo | hi |

As interjections the difference between hollo and hi

is that hollo is hey, hello while hi is a friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.

As nouns the difference between hollo and hi

is that hollo is a cry of "hollo while hi is "Hi" or similar greeting.

As a verb hollo

is to cry "hollo.

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.

hollo

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Hey, hello
  • * {{quote-book, year=1609, author=, title=A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV., chapter=Everie Woman In Her Humor, edition= citation
    • , passage=And then to Apollo hollo , trees, hollo. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, title=Grimm's Fairy Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Presently up came the clerk; and when he saw his master, the parson, running after the three girls, he was greatly surprised, and said, "Hollo! hollo ! your reverence! whither so fast! }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cry of ""
  • * {{quote-book, year=1798, author=Samuel Taylor Coleridge, title=Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Select Poems, chapter=Rime of the Ancient Mariner, edition= citation
    • , passage=And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners' hollo ! }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1819, author=Walter Scott, title=Ivanhoe, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="I always add my hollo ," said the yeoman, "when I see a good shot, or a gallant blow." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1910, author=W.F. Drannan, title=Chief of Scouts, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The old chief stepped to the entrance of the wigwam and made a peculiar noise between a whistle and a hollo , and in a few minutes there were hundreds of Indians there, both bucks and squaws. }}

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cry ""
  • * {{quote-book, year=1899, author=J. S. LeFanu, title=Uncle Silas, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And Tom made another loutish salute, and cut the conference short by turning off the path and beginning to hollo after some trespassing cattle. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Edward Dowden, title=Robert Browning, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Better hollo abstract ideas through the six-foot Alpine horn of prose. }}

    hi

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Interjection

    (wikipedia hi) (en interjection)
  • A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.
  • An exclamation to call attention.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= 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) hello

    Adjective

    (head)
  • , often hyphenated.
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    Next, set the burner to ''hi .

    Derived terms

    * hi-tech * hi-lo * hi-five

    Related terms

    * lo * mid

    Noun

    hi (no attested plural)
  • "Hi" or similar greeting.

    • Synonyms

    * greeting, hello

    Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----