What vs Hey - What's the difference?
what | hey |
(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
(relative, nonstandard) That; which.
* 1902 , , (The Admirable Crichton) :
(relative) That which; those that; the thing that.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
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, title= In some manner or degree; in part; partly; usually followed by with .
Such.
(label) Why?
* (rfdate) (Chaucer)
* (rfdate) (John Milton)
Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
* :
* 1605 Wm. Shakespeare, King Lear
(British, colloquial, dated) Is that not true?
Which; which kind of.
How much; how great (used in an exclamation).
(obsolete) something; thing; stuff
* Spenser
An exclamation to get attention.
A protest or reprimand.
An expression of surprise.
(US, Australia, UK, Canada) An informal greeting, similar to hi.
A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion (see also eh, huh).
A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another.
As interjections the difference between what and hey
is that what is while hey is an exclamation to get attention.As nouns the difference between what and hey
is that what is (obsolete) something; thing; stuff while hey is (country dancing) a choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another.As a pronoun what
is (interrogative) which thing, event, circumstance, etc: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.As an adverb what
is in some manner or degree; in part; partly; usually followed by with .As a determiner what
is which; which kind of.what
English
(wikipedia what)Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- That’s her; that’s the thing what has stole his heart from me.
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast […, or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",
Adverb
(-)- What should I tell the answer of the knight?
- But what do I stand reckoning upon advantages and gains lost by the misrule and turbulency of the prelates?
- And as for on C good knyghtes I haue my self / but I fawte / l / for so many haue ben slayne in my dayes / and so Ladegreans delyuerd his doughter Gweneuer vnto Merlyn / and the table round with the C knyghtes / and so they rode fresshly with grete royalte / what' by water and ' what by land / tyl that they came nyghe vnto london
Synonyms
* suchInterjection
(en interjection)- What , have his daughters brought him to this pass?
- What ! That’s amazing.
- It’s a nice day, what'''?'' (sometimes repeated, e.g.: '''''What'''-'''what ? )
Determiner
(en determiner)- What shirt are you going to wear?
- What time is it?
- What kind of car is that?
- What talent he has!
- What a talent!
Derived terms
* wat * what ho * whatness * what's whatNoun
(-)- They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed / Such homely what as serves the simple clowne, / That doth despise the dainties of the towne
Statistics
*hey
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Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Interjection
(en interjection)- Hey , look at this!
- Hey ! Stop that!
- Hey ! This is new!
- Hey ! How's it going?
- Hey ? How's that?
- The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".
