Wo vs Wow - What's the difference?
wo | wow |
A falconer's call to a hawk.
A call to cause a horse to slow down or stop; whoa.
* 1815 , Philip Freneau, A collection of poems, on American affairs and a variety of other subjects , page 82[http://books.google.com/books?id=BAkUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82]:
* (Hannah More)
An indication of excitement or surprise.
* 1513 , (Gavin Douglas), Virgil Æneid (translation) vi. Prol. 19 :
An expression of amazement or awe.
Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something.
(informal) An exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.
A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders.
As a preposition wo
is (lb) by.As an interjection wow is
an indication of excitement or surprise.As a verb wow is
(informal) to amaze or awe.As a noun wow is
(informal) an exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.wo
English
(wikipedia wo)Alternative forms
* whoaEtymology 1
Variant of who .Interjection
(en interjection)Etymology 2
Variant of woe .Noun
(en noun)- Such feeble arms, to work internal wo !
- But if there was a competition between a sick family and a new broach, the broach was sure to carry the day. This would not have been the case, had they been habituated to visit themselves the abodes of penury and wo .
Anagrams
* English two-letter words ----wow
English
(wikipedia wow)Interjection
(en interjection)- Out on thir wanderand spiritis, wow! thow cryis.
- Wow! How do they do that?
- Wow... I can't believe you would do such a thing.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* wowzer, wowser * wowsers * wowzahNoun
(en noun)- He did? That's a wow !