What's the difference between bowwow and powwow?

Bowwow


Definition:

  • (n.) An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.
  • (a.) Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word.

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Powwow


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
  • (v. i.) Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A decade after he addressed News Corp executives at their annual powwow, Blair was invited back again this month.
  • (2) My walking powwow with one of Fury’s entourage on the fighter’s immediate prospects ended abruptly between Stout and Jack Demsey’s when he decided to retire to his hotel, no apparent interest in experiencing first-hand where this train was headed.
  • (3) The 20-acre site offers workshops, powwows, social services and an art gallery and repository for traditional art.
  • (4) A Tribe Called Red's electric powwow puts indigenous culture centre stage Read more Indigenous activism has taken many forms, from the electronic powwow music of A Tribe Called Red to the flash mobs of the Idle No More movement.
  • (5) As far as Andy is concerned, that secretive annual powwow is a mere awayday for junior personnel.

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