Misery vs Wow - What's the difference?
misery | wow |
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
(Extreme) poverty.
Greed; avarice.
An indication of excitement or surprise.
* 1513 , (Gavin Douglas), Virgil Æneid (translation) vi. Prol. 19 :
An expression of amazement or awe.
Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something.
(informal) An exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.
A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders.
As nouns the difference between misery and wow
is that misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe while wow is an exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.As an interjection wow is
an indication of excitement or surprise.As a verb wow is
to amaze or awe.misery
English
Noun
(miseries)- Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face .
Synonyms
* seeDerived terms
* put out of one's miserywow
English
(wikipedia wow)Interjection
(en interjection)- Out on thir wanderand spiritis, wow! thow cryis.
- Wow! How do they do that?
- Wow... I can't believe you would do such a thing.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* wowzer, wowser * wowsers * wowzahNoun
(en noun)- He did? That's a wow !