Mho vs Oho - What's the difference?
mho | oho |
A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens.
Expressing surprise or gloating realisation; aha.
* 1880 , Lucy Bethia Walford, Troublesome Daughters
* 1914 , Rupert Hughes, What Will People Say?
* 1997 , Bruce A Shuman, Beyond the library of the future
As a noun mho
is a former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens.As an interjection oho is
expressing surprise or gloating realisation; aha.mho
English
Noun
(wikipedia mho) (en noun)- If resistance is measured in ohms, conductance is measured in mhos .
Synonyms
* siemensSee also
* daraf "farad" spelled backwards * yrneh "henry" spelled backwardsAnagrams
* *oho
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- There is Kate, taking no heed of anybody; sensible old darling — she goes at her tea and cake — Oho ! she has not touched them!
- "Oho , my boy, that's the woman who keeps you here! Mrs. Neff hinted at it, but I wouldn't believe it till I had it from you."
- Oho ! Now I see where he's going with this, Frank thinks. Would have seen it earlier if I hadn't been so tired.