Wowed vs Wooed - What's the difference?
wowed | wooed |
(wow)
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.
(woo)
To endeavor to gain someone's support.
(often of a man) To try to persuade someone to marry oneself; to solicit in love.
* Prior
To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
* Milton
* Bryant
(slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
As verbs the difference between wowed and wooed
is that wowed is past tense of wow while wooed is past tense of woo.wowed
English
Verb
(head)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 !
Anagrams
* ----wooed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*woo
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wowen, .Alternative forms
* wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)Verb
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
- Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo , to hear thy even song.
- I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
Synonyms
* courtDerived terms
* woo backEtymology 2
Interjection
(en interjection)- "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo , that's great!"