Joe vs. Woe — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Joe and Woe
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Definitions
Joe
Brewed coffee.
Woe
Great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically)
The Everton tale of woe continued
Joe
(informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.
I'm just an ordinary joe.
Woe
Sorrow or grief; misery.
Joe
A spy, especially a double agent.
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Woe
Misfortune or wretchedness
Listened to his tale of woe.
Joe
(historical) johannes
Woe
A cause of sorrow or misery; a misfortune
Economic and political woes.
Joe
Coffee.
Woe
Used to express sorrow or dismay.
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Joe
See Johannes.
Woe
Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
Woe
Calamity, trouble.
Woe
A curse; a malediction.
Woe
(obsolete) Woeful; sorrowful
Woe
(archaic) An exclamation of grief.
Woe
Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
Thus saying, from her side the fatal key,Sad instrument of all our woe, she took.
[They] weep each other's woe.
Woe
A curse; a malediction.
Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?
O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life].
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!
Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day,That costs thy life, my gallant gray!
Woe
Woeful; sorrowful.
His clerk was woe to do that deed.
Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed.
And looking up he waxed wondrous woe.
Woe
Misery resulting from affliction
Woe
Intense mournfulness