Hey vs. Hi

Heyinterjection

An exclamation to get attention.

‘Hey, look at this!’; ‘Hey! Listen!’;

Hiinterjection

A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.

‘Hi, how are you?’; ‘I just dropped by to say “hi”.’;

Heyinterjection

A protest or reprimand.

‘Hey! Stop that!’;

Hiinterjection

An exclamation to call attention.

Heyinterjection

An expression of surprise.

‘Hey! This is new!’;

Hiinterjection

(dated) Expressing wonder or derision.

Heyinterjection

An informal greeting, similar to hi.

‘Hey! How's it going?’;

Hinoun

The word "hi" used as a greeting.

‘I didn't even get a hi.’;

Heyinterjection

A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion (see also eh, huh).

‘Hey? How's that?’;

Hiadjective

informal spelling of high|nodot=1, often hyphenated.

‘Get hi-quality videos here!’;

Heyinterjection

A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

‘The chorus is nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".’;

Hinoun

an expression of greeting;

‘every morning they exchanged polite hellos’;

Heynoun

(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

Hinoun

a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

Heynoun

alternative spelling of heHebrew letter

Heyadjective

High.

Heyinterjection

An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.

Heyinterjection

A cry to set dogs on.

Heyinterjection

used to attract attention, to express surprise, interest, or annoyance, or to elicit agreement

‘hey, what's going on here?’;

Heyinterjection

used as a friendly greeting

‘I just called to say hey’;