different between poop vs wee

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?p/
• Rhymes: -u?p

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”).

Verb

poop (third-person singular simple present poops, present participle pooping, simple past and past participle pooped)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To make a short blast on a horn [from late 14th c.]

   Synonym: toot

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To break wind. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:flatulate

3. (informal, childish, intransitive) To defecate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

Noun

poop (countable and uncountable, plural poops)

1. (informal, often childish) Fecal matter, feces. [from the 18th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces

2. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch.
   • 2001, Rev. W. Awdry, Thomas the tank engine collection : a unique collection of stories from the railway series - p. 157 - Egmont Books, Limited, Aug 15, 2001

     Two minutes passed - five - seven - ten. "Poop! Poop!" Everyone knew that whistle, and a mighty cheer went up as the Queen's train glided into the station.

Derived terms

• pooper
• pooper scooper
• poopsicle
• YouTube poop

Translations

Interjection

poop

1. (childish, euphemistic) Expressing annoyed disappointment.

Etymology 2

Recorded in World War II (1941) Army slang poop sheet (“up-to-date information”), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps toilet paper referring to etymology 2.

Noun

poop (uncountable)

1. A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain, perhaps sound imitation.

Verb

poop (third-person singular simple present poops, present participle pooping, simple past and past participle pooped)

1. (transitive) To tire, exhaust. Often used with out. [from early 20th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English poupe, pope, from Old French pope, poupe, pouppe, from Italian poppa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis, all meaning “stern of a ship”.

Alternative forms

• poup, poupe, puppe (obsolete)

Noun

poop (countable and uncountable, plural poops)

2. (nautical) The stern of a ship.

   Synonym: stern

   Antonym: bow

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:poop.
3. (nautical) The poop deck.

Derived terms

• poop deck

Translations

Verb

poop (third-person singular simple present poops, present participle pooping, simple past and past participle pooped)

1. (transitive) To break seawater with the poop of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
2. (transitive) To embark a ship over the stern.

Etymology 5

Origin uncertain, perhaps a shortening of nincompoop.

Noun

poop (plural poops)

1. A slothful person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idler

Translations

Anagrams

• oppo, po-po, popo

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?, IPA^(key): /wi?/
• Rhymes: -i?
• Homophones: oui, we, whee (in accents with the wine-whine merger), Wii

Etymology 1

From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, we?e, wæ?e (“little bit”), from Old English w??, w??e (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *w?g? (“scales, weight”) and *w?g? (“weight”), related to Middle English we?an (“to move, weigh”) (15c).

Adjective

wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, New Zealand) Small, little.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 73:

     I had not seen a wee boy do it like that before. He was weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.

   You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.

Translations

Noun

wee

1. A short time or short distance.

References

• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.

Noun

wee (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, uncountable) Urine.
2. (colloquial) An act of urination.

   I need to have a wee

Synonyms

• (all senses): wee-wee
• (urine): See Thesaurus:urine
• (urination): See Thesaurus:urination

Translations

Verb

wee (third-person singular simple present wees, present participle weeing, simple past and past participle weed)

1. (colloquial) To urinate.

Synonyms

• wee-wee, see also Thesaurus:urinate

Derived terms

• wee-wee

Translations

Etymology 3

• see we

Pronoun

wee (personal pronoun)

1. obsolete emphatic of we
   • 1645 Marhc, John Milton, Tetrachordon.

Anagrams

• Ewe, eew, ewe

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /we?/

Verb

wee

1. (transitive) to lack

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wai. Compare Old English w? (English woe), Old High German w? (German weh), Old Norse vei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Adjective

wee (not comparable)

1. nauseating

Inflection

Noun

wee f (plural weeën, diminutive weetje n)

1. contraction during labour or childbirth

2. (archaic) sorrow, sadness, pain, woe (used in interjections of despair or annoyance)

Derived terms

• (sorrow): o wee, ach en wee, heimwee

Anagrams

• Ewe

Kikuyu

Pronoun

wee (second person singular)

1. Alternative spelling of we (“you, thou”)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *w?, from Proto-Germanic *wai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /we?/

Interjection

wêe

1. woe!

Descendants

• Dutch: wee

Adjective

wêe

1. unpleasant, painful

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: wee

Noun

wêe f

1. pain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: wee
• Limburgish: wieë

Further reading

• “wee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “wee (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

wee

1. Alternative form of we (“woe”)

Scots

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?, IPA^(key): /wi?/

Adjective

wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

1. (standard, Ulster) small, little, tiny

Yola

Pronoun

wee

1. we

Preposition

wee

1. with

References

Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN