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Oops vs Cops - What's the difference?

oops | cops |

As an interjection oops

is acknowledging a minor mistake.

As an initialism OOPS

is object-oriented programming system.

As a noun cops is

plural of lang=en; Police officers.

As a verb cops is

third-person singular of cop.

oops

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Acknowledging a minor mistake.
    • Oops ! I left the lid off the ketchup.
  • Used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake.
    • ''I just stepped on dog poo! Oops!
    Oops, I didn't see you there.
    Oops,... I locked my car keys inside the car.

    Synonyms

    * oopsy * uh-oh * whoops * whoops-a-daisy

    Anagrams

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    cops

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)
  • (slang) ; Police officers.
  • * 1986 , Liam Sternberg (performed by The Bangles), Walk Like an Egyptian
    • All the cops in the donut shops say, "Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo"
  • The police, considered as a group entity.
  • * 1906 ,
    • "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cop)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (UK, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
  • * 1807 , The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
    • It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops

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