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Ooh vs Aah - What's the difference?

ooh | aah |

As interjections the difference between ooh and aah

is that ooh is an expression of surprise while aah is indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

As verbs the difference between ooh and aah

is that ooh is to go oohaah is to say or exclaim aah.

As a noun aah is

expression of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

ooh

English

Alternative forms

* oooh, ooooh

Interjection

(en-interj) (with as many 'o's as needed to express the length of the utterance )
  • An expression of surprise.
  • An expression of awe.
  • *
  • The sound made to imitate a ghost.
  • Used sometimes because of affection

    • Verb

  • To go ooh

    • See also

    * oh * ooh la la

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    aah

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
    • Aah! That's amazing!
  • Indication of joyful pleasure.
  • * 1834 — (Edgar Allan Poe),
    • Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?
  • Indication of sympathy.
  • Indication of mouth being opened wide.
    • Dentists would always instruct, say aah!
  • To express understanding.
    • Aah . Now I understand.
    The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's needed for emphasis.) AAAHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Expression of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
  • Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
  • The exclamation aah.

    • Related terms

    * oohs and aahs

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To say or exclaim aah .
  • # To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah .
  • Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
  • # To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah .

    • Usage notes

    * Usually the verb is intransitive. The object of feelings usually is indicated by the prepositions over or at; sometimes it occurs as a direct object, especially in passive constructions. * Very often the word is used together with some other verb derived from an interjection. The most common combination is to ooh and aah . Perhaps it should be regarded as a separate lexical item. * The word belongs to the informal style.

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