different between poz vs pov

English

Etymology

Clipping of positive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?z/
• Rhymes: -?z
• Homophones: pause (in accents with the cot-caught merger), paws (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Adjective

poz (not comparable)

1. (slang) HIV positive.

   Synonym: pozzed

   Antonym: neg

Verb

poz (third-person singular simple present pozzes, present participle pozzing, simple past and past participle pozzed)

1. (slang, transitive) To infect (someone) with a sexually transmitted disease.
2. (slang, transitive, nonstandard) To say something positive to someone about themselves.

   Synonym: compliment

Related terms

• pozzed

Breton

Noun

poz

1. Hard mutation of boz.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pozdrav

Interjection

p?z (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (text messaging, Internet slang, informal) bye! (greeting)
2. (text messaging, Internet slang, informal) hello! hi! (greeting)

Synonyms

• pozdrav

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of poverty or Clipping of impoverished.

Adjective

pov (comparative more pov, superlative most pov)

1. (colloquial, Australia, slang, abbrevaition) Poor; impoverished; cheap.

Alternative forms

• povvo

Etymology 2

Noun

pov (plural povs)

1. Alternative form of POV

Anagrams

• OPV, OVP, VOP

Volapük

Noun

pov (nominative plural povs)

1. (geography) pole

Declension

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *p?nX (“to shoot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/

Verb

pov

1. to throw

References

• John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community ?ISBN, 2007)