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Poo vs Wee - What's the difference?

poo | wee |

As nouns the difference between poo and wee

is that poo is excrement; faecal matter while wee is urine.

As verbs the difference between poo and wee

is that poo is to defecate while wee is to urinate.

As an interjection poo

is expression of displeasure or failure; shit.

As an adjective wee is

small, little.

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

    * ----

    wee

    English

    (wikipedia wee)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (15c).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 73:
    • I had not seen a wee' boy do it like that before. He was ' weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
    You looked a little cold so I lit a wee fire.

    References

    * Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

    Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (-)
  • (colloquial, uncountable) urine
  • (colloquial) An act of urination.
    • to have a wee
    Synonyms
    * wee wee * See also * See also

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To urinate.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Anagrams

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