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Huh vs Uh - What's the difference?

huh | uh |

As interjections the difference between huh and uh

is that huh is used to express amusement or subtle surprise.uh is expression of confusion or uncertainty.

As a noun uh is

an occurrence of the interjection "uh".

huh

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (with falling pitch)
    • Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.
    • Huh? Where did they go?
  • (with rising pitch)
    • Where were you last night? Huh ?
  • (rft-sense) (slang, with falling pitch)
    • (belittlement)'' A:"''We should go to an amusement park, it would be fun.''" B:"''Huh. "
    (agreement)'' A""''Murder is bad.''" B:"''Huh! "
  • (informal, with rising pitch)
    • Huh ? Could you speak up?
  • (informal, with falling pitch)
    • It's getting kind of late, huh?

    uh

    English

    Interjection

    (en-interj)
  • Expression of confusion or uncertainty.
    • Uh , who was that?
  • Space filler or pause during conversation.
    • Uh , let me see...

    See also

    * er * erm * um * uh-oh * oh

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An occurrence of the interjection "uh".
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 24, author=William Grimes, title=Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs , which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison ’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s. }}

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