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Wough vs Swough - What's the difference?

wough | swough |

As an interjection wough

is .

As a noun swough is

(obsolete) a sound; a groan or moan; a sough.

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! }}

    swough

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sound; a groan or moan; a sough.
    • He sigheth with full many a sorry swough . — Chaucer.
  • (obsolete) A swoon.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)