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Wap vs Woo - What's the difference?

wap | woo |

As verbs the difference between wap and woo

is that wap is to beat; to whap while woo is to endeavor to gain someone's support.

As an acronym WAP

is wireless Application Protocol, an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication, such as Internet access from a cellular phone.

As a noun wap

is a blow or beating; a whap.

As an interjection woo is

expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.

As an adjective woo is

an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a proper noun Woo is

a Chinese surname.

wap

English

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • Wireless]] Application [[protocol, Protocol, an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication, such as Internet access from a cellular phone.

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    woo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wowen, .

    Alternative forms

    * wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)

    Verb

  • To endeavor to gain someone's support.
  • (often of a man) To try to persuade someone to marry oneself; to solicit in love.
  • * Prior
    • Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
  • To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
  • * Milton
    • Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo , to hear thy even song.
  • * Bryant
    • I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
    Synonyms
    * court
    Derived terms
    * woo back

    Etymology 2

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
    • "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo , that's great!"

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
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