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Yahoo vs Yazoo - What's the difference?

yahoo | yazoo |

As nouns the difference between yahoo and yazoo

is that yahoo is a rough, coarse, or uncouth person; yokel; lout while yazoo is a tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).

As an interjection yahoo

is an exclamation of joy.

yahoo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rough, coarse, or uncouth person; yokel; lout.
  • A loud boisterous person.
  • (pejorative) A white person from the former Confederate States of America (i.e., Southern United States).
  • (cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
    • 1835: The natives are greatly terrrified by the sight of a person in a mask calling him "devil" or Yah-hoo, which signifies evil spirit.'' — James Holman, ''Travels , 1835 (quoted by Malcolm Smith, above)
    1985: Yahoos in the Bahamas'' — title of paper by Michael Raynal, ''Cryptozoology , volume 4, 1985

    Synonyms

    * yokel, lout

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An exclamation of joy.
  • A battle cry.

    • yazoo

    English

    (yazoo stream)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).