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What is the difference between oh and uh?

oh | uh |

As interjections the difference between oh and uh

is that oh is expression of surprise while uh is expression of confusion or uncertainty.

As nouns the difference between oh and uh

is that oh is the letter O, o (more commonly spelled o while uh is an occurrence of the interjection "uh".

As an abbreviation OH

is ohio, a state of the United States of America.

As a verb oh

is to utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc.

oh

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • (US) Ohio, a state of the United States of America.
  • (organic chemistry) Symbol for a hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.
  • (inorganic chemistry) Symbol for a hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.
  • (US, army, aviation) Prefix code for observation helicopter designations.
  • (Internet slang) Other half, i.e., husband, wife, partner, etc.

    • uh

    English

    Interjection

    (en-interj)
  • Expression of confusion or uncertainty.
    • Uh , who was that?
  • Space filler or pause during conversation.
    • Uh , let me see...

    See also

    * er * erm * um * uh-oh * oh

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An occurrence of the interjection "uh".
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 24, author=William Grimes, title=Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs , which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison ’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s. }}

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