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Wough vs Hough - What's the difference?

wough | hough |

As an interjection wough

is .

As a noun hough is

the hollow behind the knee or hough can be .

As a verb hough is

to hamstring or hough can be .

wough

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Gordon Casserly, title=The Jungle Girl, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=As it scrambled swiftly over the edge it caught sight of the elephant and with a deep "wough !" charged straight at it. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1884, author=Theodore Roosevelt, title=Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The trapper shouted and waved his cap; whereupon, to his amazement, the bear uttered a loud "wough " and charged straight down on him--only to fall a victim to misplaced boldness. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1863, author=Various, title=The Children's Garland from the Best Poets, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Bough wough', The watch dogs bark, Bough ' wough , Hark, hark! }}

    hough

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) h?h.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the hollow behind the knee
  • :* 1922': In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the '''houghs of the knees. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hamstring

    • Derived terms

    * hougher

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) howe, from (etyl) houe, from Old Low Franconian *houwa'' (compare Middle Dutch houwe), from *''houwan 'to hew'. More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Bishop Stillingfleet)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1748 , , K:LV
  • *:"Better the toiling Swain, oh happier far!
    • Perhaps the happie?t of the Sons of Men!
    Who vigorous plies the Plough, the Team, or Car;
    Who houghs the Field, or ditches in the Glen,
    Delves in his Garden, or ?ecures his Pen."