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Ough vs Eugh - What's the difference?

ough | eugh |

As an interjection ough

is the sound of a grunt or groan or cough.

As a noun eugh is

obsolete form of lang=en.

ough

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • The sound of a grunt or groan or cough
  • *{{quote-book, year=1856, author=John Esten Cooke, title=The Last of the Foresters, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="Ough! ough'! ' ough !" groaned the old woman; "he wants to go, away from the nest where he was warmed, and nursed, and brought up. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1874, author=H. S. Caswell, title=The Path of Duty, and Other Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=We strove to extort from him the cause of this ebullition of passion, but he only shook his head in reply to our questions, and uttered a guttural "ough ." }}

    eugh

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *{{quote-book
  • , author = , title = , year = 1902 (reprint) , page = 12 , passage = ...you must take such Things, as are Greene all Winter; Holly; Ivy; Bayes; Juniper; Cipresse Trees; Eugh ;... }}
    (Dryden)
    (Webster 1913)