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U vs O - What's the difference?

u | o |

O is a alternative form of u.



As nouns the difference between u and o

is that u is a thing in the shape of the letter U while o is a zero used in reading out numbers.

As a letter u

is : I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

As an interjection o is

the English vocative particle, used before a pronoun or the name of a person or persons to mark direct address.

As a particle O is

The English vocative particle, used for direct address.

As an abbreviation O is

the number of overs bowled.

u

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=t, next=v, image=

Etymology 1

Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter .

Letter

  • The twenty-first letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script) * (other scripts) Cyrillic * (wikipedia "u")

    Etymology 2

    Symbol

    (head)
  • symbol for unified atomic mass unit
  • ).
  • (label) up quark
  • See also

    {{Letter , page=U , NATO=Uniform , Morse=··– , Character=U , Braille=? }} Image:Latin U.png, Capital and lowercase versions of U , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter U.png, Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur ----

    o

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=n, next=p, image= (wikipedia o)

    Letter

  • The fifteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (Close-mid back rounded vowel) (head)
  • close-mid back rounded vowel
  • See also

    (Latn-script) {{Letter , page=O , NATO=Oscar , Morse=––– , Character=O , Braille=? }} Image:Latin O.png, Capital and lowercase versions of O , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter O.png, Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur ----