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Pops vs Pous - What's the difference?

pops | pous |

As nouns the difference between pops and pous

is that pops is father, dad while pous is a measure of length found in Iron Age Europe and the Ancient Near East, considered the Greek "foot". Its exact value was variable, but was always one six-hundredth of a stadion.

As a verb pops

is third-person singular of pop.

pops

English

Etymology 1

From papa 'dad'

Noun

(head)
  • (informal, usually, as a form of address) Father, dad.
    • Hey, pops , I'm home.
  • (informal, usually, as a form of address) By extension, another man old enough to be the speaker's father.
    • Usage notes
    Unless the person addressed this way is very close, this can be very disrespectful and belittling.

    Etymology 2

    onomatopoeia

    Noun

    (head)
  • (the sound and related meanings)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (pop)
    • ----

    pous

    English

    (wikipedia pous)

    Noun

    (podes)
  • A measure of length found in Iron Age Europe and the Ancient Near East, considered the Greek "foot". Its exact value was variable, but was always one six-hundredth of a stadion.

    • Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals