Phon vs Pho - What's the difference?
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(acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.
A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and beef or chicken.
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* 2003: Frank Browning, "73106: Lemongrass on the Prairie", National Geographic , vol. 203, issue 3 [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature6/]
As nouns the difference between phon and pho
is that phon is a unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured while pho is a Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and beef or chicken.phon
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(-)- PHO is the name of an Annamese soup held in high esteem. It is made with beef, a veal bone, onions, a bayleaf, salt, and pepper, and a small teaspoon of nuoc-man,(SIC) a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes.
- Ten minutes away from the intersection, the heart of Little Saigon, you can easily walk to five restaurants specializing in pho (the classic Vietnamese beef broth soup), two Asian supermarkets, and several Chinese barbecue cafés.