Woon vs Woo - What's the difference?

woon | woo |

As a noun woon

is (obsolete) dwelling; wone.

a chinese surname.

(obsolete) dwelling; wone

(Webster 1913) ----

From (etyl) wowen, .

* wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)

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.

* court

* woo back

(en interjection)

(slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.

"I got you a new cell phone." "Woo , that's great!"

(en adjective)