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Ouch vs Yahoo - What's the difference?

ouch | yahoo |

As nouns the difference between ouch and yahoo

is that ouch is while yahoo is (literature) one of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, that inhabit the same land as the civilized houyhnhnms or yahoo can be (informal) an employee of the internet company.

As an interjection ouch

is an expression of one's own physical pain.

ouch

English

Etymology 1

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • An expression of one's own physical pain.
  • Ouch ! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!
  • An expression in sympathy at another's pain.
  • Ouch ! Her sunburn looks awful.
  • A reply to an insult (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).
  • Ouch . How could you say that?
  • An expression of disappointment.
  • Ouch , I really wanted to do that.
  • (slang) Expressing surprise at the high price of something.
  • ''Ouch , one hundred thousand dollars for a car! I could never afford that!
    Synonyms
    * (in all of the above senses) ow, owie, youch, yow, yowch

    Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    yahoo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough, coarse, or uncouth person; yokel; lout.
  • A loud boisterous person.
  • (pejorative) A white person from the former Confederate States of America (i.e., Southern United States).
  • (cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
  • 1835: The natives are greatly terrrified by the sight of a person in a mask calling him "devil" or Yah-hoo, which signifies evil spirit.'' — James Holman, ''Travels , 1835 (quoted by Malcolm Smith, above)
    1985: Yahoos in the Bahamas'' — title of paper by Michael Raynal, ''Cryptozoology , volume 4, 1985

    Synonyms

    * yokel, lout

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An exclamation of joy.
  • A battle cry.