different between huh vs puh

English

Alternative forms

• hah
• hunh

Etymology

Attested from circa 1600.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h?/, [h??]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h?/, [h??]
• Rhymes: -?

Interjection

huh

1. (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

2. Used to express doubt or confusion.

3. (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

4. (slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

5. (informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

6. (informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

Synonyms

• (to indicate that one didn't hear): come again, pardon, what; see also Thesaurus:say again

Translations

References

• “huh”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• uhh

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• hiech, hieh (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German h?h, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?/

Adjective

huh (masculine huhe, feminine huh, comparative hüher or hühter or hieher, superlative et hühste or hüchste or hühtste or hiehtste)

1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) high; tall

Usage notes

• The comparation forms with -ü- are Ripuarian, those with -ie- are Moselle Franconian.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?huh/, [?huh]
• Rhymes: -uh
• Syllabification: huh

Interjection

huh

1. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise)

Yucatec Maya

Noun

huh

1. Obsolete spelling of huuh

English

Interjection

puh

1. Alternative form of pugh

Synonyms

• (expressing contempt): feh, pht, pish, poh, pshaw; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (expressing disgust): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck

Anagrams

• PHU, Phu, UHP, hup

Danish

Etymology

An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation.

Used to express emotion beyond compare to the point of which there are no words to describe the setting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?/, [p?u?]

Interjection

puh!

1. pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
2. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust)

Synonyms

• (show disgust): ad, bvadr, føj, puha, puh ha
• (show fatigue): puha, puh ha
• (show relief): puha, puh ha, pyh

German

Pronunciation

Interjection

puh!

1. phew!

Further reading

• “puh” in Duden online

Mapudungun

Noun

puh (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. night

Portuguese

Interjection

puh

1. yuck (expression of disgust)

   Synonym: eca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?lx?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûx/

Noun

p?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. dormouse

Declension