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Moue vs Moe - What's the difference?

moue | moe |

Moe is a descendant of moue.



As nouns the difference between moue and moe

is that moue is a pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness while moe is strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction toward, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.

As an adverb moe is

obsolete form of lang=en.

As a verb moe is

obsolete form of lang=en.

As a proper noun Moe is

a surname, possibly formed by abbreviation of Moses or another name beginning with "Mo-".

moue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
  • * 1913 , Jack London, The Valley of the Moon :
    • She glanced aside to the rim of the looking-glass where his photograph was wedged, shuddered, and made a moue of distaste.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VIII , passage=She made what I believe, though I wouldn't swear to it, is called a moue . Putting the lips together and shoving them out, if you know what I mean. The impression I got was that she was disappointed in Bertram, having expected better things [...].}}
  • * 2011 , Hadley Freeman, The Guardian , 2 Feb 2011:
    • Why do you wear European clothes?" fumed Oscar de la Renta with a moue of disapproval and stamp of his bejewelled foot (probably).

    Usage notes

    Often used in the phrase “make a moue ”, influenced by French “faire la ”, meaning “to pout”.

    External links

    * “ moue”, April 04, 2009 Word of the Day, Merriam-Webster ----

    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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