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What is the difference between whore and ho?

whore | ho |

As nouns the difference between whore and ho

is that whore is a prostitute while ho is a stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

As a verb whore

is to prostitute oneself.

As an interjection ho is

used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.

As a proper noun Ho is

a Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.

As an initialism HO is

Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, in economics.

whore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (vulgar) A prostitute.
  • (vulgar, pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
  • * 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 250
    • So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.
  • (vulgar) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
  • (vulgar) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
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  • (vulgar) A contemptible person.
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  • (obsolete) A mistress or wife.
  • * c. 1606 , , Act 1 Scene 2
    • The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore .

    Derived terms

    * he-whore * whoredom * whorehouse * whoreish * whorelike * whorely * whoremonger

    Synonyms

    * (prostitute) See also * (promiscuous woman) See also

    Verb

    (whor)
  • (vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
  • (vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
  • (vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false gods.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false goals.
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    • See also

    * attention whore * concubine * cute hoor (Hiberno-English) * graphics whore * hooker * harlot * stat whore * whore out * whorey * whorish, whoreish * AIDS whore, crackwhore

    Anagrams

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    ho

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ho, .

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
    • Sail ho !
  • :: Another boat is visible!
    • Land ho !
  • :: Land is visible!
    • Man ho !
  • :: A town is visible!
  • halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
  • * Shakespeare
    • What noise there, ho ?
  • * Shakespeare
    • Ho ! who's within?
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • Ho ! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.

    Noun

  • A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
  • * Decker
    • There is no ho with them.
    References
    * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

    Etymology 2

    An eye dialect corruption of whore , from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) A whore; a sexually loose woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
    • Bros before hos !
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Anagrams

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