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Poo vs Po - What's the difference?

poo | po |

Po is a descendant of poo.



As nouns the difference between poo and po

is that poo is excrement; faecal matter while po is a peacock.

As a verb poo

is to defecate.

As an interjection poo

is expression of displeasure or failure; shit.

As a proper noun Po is

italy's longest river, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.

As an initialism PO is

post office.

poo

English

Noun

  • (countable, colloquial, often, childish) Excrement; faecal matter.
  • (uncountable, slang) Marijuana resin.
  • (uncountable, slang) champagne
    • Who wants another glass of poo ?

    Synonyms

    * (excrement) crap, dung, feces, poop, shit (vulgar), shite, turd * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * pee

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial, often, childish) To defecate.

    • Coordinate terms

    * pee

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (colloquial, euphemistic) Expression of displeasure or failure; shit!

    • Synonyms

    * See also * shit

    Anagrams

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    po

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A peacock.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Australia, NZ, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot.
  • * 1988 , (Richard Hoggart), A Local Habitation, 1918-40 , Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0-7011-3305-8, page 67,
    • ‘Pos ’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.
  • * 1989 , (Leonard Woolf), Frederic Spotts (editor), Letters of Leonard Woolf , page 86,
    • There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.

    Anagrams

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