Wooded vs Wooed - What's the difference?
wooded | wooed |
(woo)
To endeavor to gain someone's support.
(often of a man) To try to persuade someone to marry oneself; to solicit in love.
* Prior
To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
* Milton
* Bryant
(slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
As verbs the difference between wooded and wooed
is that wooded is past tense of wood while wooed is past tense of woo.As an adjective wooded
is covered with trees.wooed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*woo
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wowen, .Alternative forms
* wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)Verb
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
- Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo , to hear thy even song.
- I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
Synonyms
* courtDerived terms
* woo backEtymology 2
Interjection
(en interjection)- "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo , that's great!"