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Wow vs Wos - What's the difference?

wow | wos |

As nouns the difference between wow and wos

is that wow is (informal) an exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact while wos is louse.

As an interjection wow

is an indication of excitement or surprise.

As a verb wow

is (informal) to amaze or awe.

wow

English

(wikipedia wow)

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • An indication of excitement or surprise.
  • * 1513 , (Gavin Douglas), Virgil Æneid (translation) vi. Prol. 19 :
    • Out on thir wanderand spiritis, wow! thow cryis.
  • An expression of amazement or awe.
    • Wow! How do they do that?
  • Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something.
    • Wow... I can't believe you would do such a thing.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * wowzer, wowser * wowsers * wowzah

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To amaze or awe.
    • He really wowed the audience.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.
    • He did? That's a wow !
  • A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    wos

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1876, Edward Everett Hale, "Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'", Scribner's Monthly , Vol. XII, No. 1, page 20[http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA20&id=KOgGAQAAIAAJ]:
    • She wos' real good to 'em all, she ' wos , ma'am.
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