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Wough vs Lough - What's the difference?

wough | lough |

As an interjection wough

is alternative form of woof.

As a noun lough is

a lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.

wough

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Gordon Casserly, title=The Jungle Girl, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=As it scrambled swiftly over the edge it caught sight of the elephant and with a deep "wough !" charged straight at it. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1884, author=Theodore Roosevelt, title=Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The trapper shouted and waved his cap; whereupon, to his amazement, the bear uttered a loud "wough " and charged straight down on him--only to fall a victim to misplaced boldness. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1863, author=Various, title=The Children's Garland from the Best Poets, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Bough wough', The watch dogs bark, Bough ' wough , Hark, hark! }}

    lough

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 26, Henry McDonald, It's got fancy flats, a hotel. Even a bank. But can the Titanic Quarter stay afloat?, The Guardian citation
    • , passage=Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast lough

    Synonyms

    * loch (in Scotland)

    Anagrams

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