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Wooes vs Wones - What's the difference?

wooes | wones |

As verbs the difference between wooes and wones

is that wooes is (dated) (woo) while wones is (wone).

As a noun wones is

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wooes

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dated) (woo)
  • * Byron
  • Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face.

    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

    wones

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (wone)
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