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“Hoar” or “Whore”

Overview

hoar / whore are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

hoar: NA

whore: (verb) work as a prostitute. (verb) have unlawful sex with a whore. (verb) compromise oneself for money or other gains.

Pronunciation

hoar: hh·AO·r

whore: hh·AO·r

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Examples in Context

Examples of “hoar”

  • Emerson invited Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Hoar and Sarah Ripley for dinner…
  • Hoar frost) is a Serbian electropop…
  • George F. Hoar (R)
  • Hoar family of Massachusetts Political Graveyard
  • …Holmes, Horatio Woodman, Ebenezer Rockwell Hoar, Jeffries Wyman, Estes Howe, Amos…

Examples of “whore”

  • …Koester says outright that "the whore [of Babylon] is Rome, yet…
  • …boy (hêtairêkôs), but a vulgar whore (peporneumenos).
  • …called the NYT reporter a whore in the same interview.
  • …be with a "lying, cheating whore", and to him she is
  • …upstart courtier or an ambitious whore" such as she.
  • …accuses her of being a whore who never worked and lived…
  • …that she was only a whore, Marcou shoots him, telling him…
  • …prostitute, the part of the "whore with a heart of gold"…
  • …calls her a "rotten little whore", and Karin responds that being…
  • …attacked her teammates, calling them "whore pit vipers" and then refused…


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