Mop vs Moe - What's the difference?

mop | moe |

As a symbol mop

is macanese pataca.

As a noun moe is

mop

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia mop)

An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

(humorous) A dense head of hair.

He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.

(British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.

(British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.

(Halliwell)

A made-up face; a grimace.

* (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) and

What mops and mowes it makes! --

* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1

Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'

And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'

Each one, tripping on his toe,

Will be here with mop and mow.

Derived terms

* mophead * mop squeezer * mop water

Descendants

* German: (l)

Verb

(mopp)
To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

to mop (or scrub) a floor

to mop one's face with a handkerchief

To make a wry expression with the mouth.

(Shakespeare)

Anagrams

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moe
English

Etymology 1
(wikipedia moe) From (etyl) .
Alternative forms
*
Noun
(-)
(slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction toward, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.

Derived terms
* figure moe zoku * moe anthropomorphism
Related terms
* moe book * moekko * moe sangyo * moetan
See also
*
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Adverb
(head)

* Shakespeare

Sing no more ditties, sing no moe .

* George Gascoigne

Many mast'ries moe .

Noun
(head)

Verb
(head)

(to make faces)

Anagrams
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