Us vs Naught - What's the difference?
us | naught |
(personal) me and at least one other person; the objective case of we .
(colloquial) me
The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Zero.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Nothing; nothingness.
As pronouns the difference between us and naught
is that us is (personal) me and at least one other person; the objective case of we while naught is nothing.As nouns the difference between us and naught
is that us is while naught is (uk|ireland|australia|nz) (now rare or archaic in us, canada ) zero.As a determiner us
is the speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.As a symbol us
is .us
English
(wikipedia us)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- Give us a look at your paper.
- Give us your wallet!
Quotations
* 1611 — 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us ...See also
* we * our * oursDeterminer
(en determiner)- It's not good enough for us teachers.
See also
* weEtymology 2
Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter .Symbol
(head)Statistics
*Etymology 3
.Noun
(head)Usage notes
naught
English
Alternative forms
* noughtNoun
(-)- Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
- Naught can come of this, you mark my words.''