Wow vs Woz - What's the difference?
wow | woz |
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.
Intentional or eye-dialect misspelling of was.
* {{quote-book, 1893, ,
, passage="You woz' saying," said the farmer, with slow, matter of fact, New England deliberation, "ez how you guessed you '''woz''' beguiled amongst the Injins by your Mexican partner, a pow'ful influential man, and yet you ' woz the only one escaped the gen'ral slarterin'. }}
* {{quote-book, 1894, , Discords
, passage='If she woz mine' - tapping a brick - 'I'd bash 'er 'ed in!'}}
* {{quote-book, 2002, , Country of the Blind, page=343
, passage=We woz robbed, Brian. }}
As verbs the difference between wow and woz
is that wow is to amaze or awe while woz is intentional or eye-dialect misspelling of was.As an interjection wow
is an indication of excitement or surprise.As a noun wow
is an exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.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
* ----woz
English
Verb
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