Awe vs. Ah — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Awe and Ah
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Awe
Awe is an emotion comparable to wonder but less joyous. On Robert Plutchik's wheel of emotions awe is modeled as a combination of surprise and fear.
Ah
Used to express various emotions, such as satisfaction, surprise, delight, dislike, or pain.
Awe
A feeling of respect or reverence mixed with dread and wonder, often inspired by something majestic or powerful
"There was a fierce purpose in the gale ... that seemed directed at him, and made him hold his breath in awe" (Joseph Conrad).
Ah
An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
Ah, I understand now.
Ah! It's good to be back home!
Ah, the flowers of spring.
Awe
The power to inspire dread.
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Ah
A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
Awe
Dread.
Ah
An instance of the interjection ah.
The crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks
Awe
To fill with awe
Tourists who are awed by the ancient monument.
Ah
To give a cry of "ah".
Awe
A feeling of fear and reverence.
Ah
Pronunciation spelling of I#Pronoun
Awe
A feeling of amazement.
Ah
An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.
Awe
(archaic) Power to inspire awe.
Awe
(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
Awe
(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
Awe
Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
His frown was full of terror, and his voiceShook the delinquent with such fits of awe.
Awe
The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
There is an awe in mortals' joy,A deep mysterious fear.
To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe.
The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe - the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power.
Awe
To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
That same eye whose bend doth awe the world.
His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders.
Awe
An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration;
He stared over the edge with a feeling of awe
Awe
A profound emotion inspired by a deity;
The fear of God
Awe
Inspire awe in;
The famous professor awed the undergraduates
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