What's the difference between hello and hey?

Hello


Definition:

  • (interj. & n.) See Halloo.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She lives in Holland Park and welcomes visitors with a gusty wrench of the door and a jubilant "hello".
  • (2) 1.25pm: Hello again from Sean Ingle from Johannesburg.
  • (3) Coupled with his pension contributions and other benefits, Crozier will pick up about £860,000 a year – before any bonuses – on top of his golden hello, meaning he is guaranteed at least £3.2m over the next three years.
  • (4) Lewis, who took over this month with a £1.25m basic salary and a £525,000 golden hello in lieu of his Unilever bonus, admitted the revelations had been “a body blow” and said outgoing chairman Sir Richard Broadbent had asked him to look at executive bonuses.
  • (5) Hello, my darling ducks As Jane Austen's Mr Bennet might put it, I have delighted you long enough.
  • (6) Here's what happened the last time these two sides played here in mid-October: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.27am GMT Preamble Hello, and welcome to the Western Conference semi-final second leg between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders , in which Portland try to defend a slim lead and Seattle continue their annual quest to make a second leg playoff comeback actually count.
  • (7) The Bolton player may end up featuring more in the Gold Cup than these World Cup qualifiers, but who knows what twists and turns lie ahead — it’s not as if a year ago anyone was anticipating Landon Donovan not being picked for a squad he was eligible for... Here’s the US roster in full: GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire) DEFENDERS: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg) MIDFIELDERS: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC) More on Belgium in a minute 12.25am BST Preamble Hello, Cleveland!
  • (8) Fonda and Elfman said hello, then didn't run into one another again until a party six years later.
  • (9) In the Netherlands, by contrast, “war” and “love” both make appearances in the list of the top five least popular words, while in Spain, “hello” is a surprising No 1.
  • (10) Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, posted by WikiLeaks: Friday July 12, 15:00 UTC Hello.
  • (11) • Richard II will be streamed live to cinemas on 13 November , followed by a broadcast to UK schools on 15 November We have posted the questions and answers here to make the chat easier to follow: DTennant 06 November 2013 2:00pm Hello, everyone.
  • (12) Grant Shapps has a great wheeze for getting to the top of any Google search and we're going to relax the planning laws to allow more conservatories … Clegg: Hello, Conference.
  • (13) If you travel on the Madrid underground, remember to say hello to the man in the ticket office.
  • (14) Committee chairman, Tory MP John Whittingdale, said: "Hello, This is a transcript for Neville, suggests it was going to be given to Neville Thurlbeck."
  • (15) Turnbull pressed on climate change and marriage equality – politics live Read more Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm said it was a short “hello how are you” call, with an agreement to talk again.
  • (16) Nonetheless, she has dealt with these online critics with the kind of grace that eludes people older and allegedly more rational than her (well, HELLO there, Richard Dawkins!)
  • (17) Frankly, there's every chance she will find a way to turn even this latest incident into gold, and a forthcoming issue of Hello!
  • (18) Hello!” screamed the man, who identified himself as Myo Min Win.
  • (19) On the first day of every workshop, there would be a new Joey puppet with new joints or parts, and I'd always go say hello to him.
  • (20) The Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park won best musical revival for Hello Dolly!

Hey


Definition:

  • (a.) High.
  • (interj.) An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.
  • (interj.) A cry to set dogs on.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The result will be yet another humiliating hammering for Labour in a seat it could never win, but hey, never mind.
  • (2) But Hey Diddly Dee, in Sky Arts' latest Playhouse Presents season, could only manage 71,000 viewers, despite the combined star power of Kylie Minogue, David Harewood, Peter Serafinowicz and Mathew Horne.
  • (3) When the red lights go off it could be anything from ‘hey, we need to replace a drive’, to ‘hey, we need to call in some exploits because something bad is happening’.
  • (4) Oh hey if you want to get in on the liveblogging action, just a reminder that you can email your thoughts to hunter.felt.freelance@guardiannews.com or tweet them to @HunterFelt .
  • (5) 4.28pm ET: Oh hey, Fox News finds time in its busy schedule to cover the rally.
  • (6) By 2008, recalls Brendan Kenalty, of customer base management, 2007-10: All the market research was saying, “Hey, everybody wants what they call candy bar phones,” which is the nonflip phone.
  • (7) Senior Yen Trader: hey ...you think we be able to convince [Primary Submitter] to change the libor today?
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest “Hey, why don’t we get a celebrity to make the ad?
  • (9) And hey is that Brady holding the ball for the successful extra point?
  • (10) And, hey, until Friday morning, most surveillance reform advocates were worried about the Senate ramming through the currently neutered version of the USA Freedom Act as its fig leaf of reform, before going back to business as usual and proposing bills that will give the NSA more power – not less.
  • (11) As soon as I called them and was like, 'Hey guys, it's OK, I'm not smoking meth or anything,' it was OK." He adds, frowning: "I don't really know why it happened… My girlfriend told me everyone had been saying, [he puts on a sulky voice] 'Man, Mac's shows aren't crazy any more.'
  • (12) That will end the college football season, but hey I just realized that the NFL Playoffs are still going on which means we'll have more football liveblogging here at the Guardian starting again this weekend where we will cover every game up to the Super Bowl.
  • (13) Purified preparations of previously identified growth factors including epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor-beta, tumor necrosis factor, platelet-derived growth factor, thrombin, insulin, interleukin-1, interleukin-2, vasopressin, angiotensin, alpha- and gamma-interferons, and fibroblast growth factor did not increase cytosolic-free calcium in either fresh ovarian cancer cells or HEY cells.
  • (14) 3.15am BST Heat 49-54 Spurs, :29 remaining, second quarter Oh hey, we actually have a solid chunk of time where there's no scoring.
  • (15) The main part of the relation described by Hey et al.
  • (16) As my sister and her van companions entered the cell, one of them held her hands up in the air and shouted, “Hey kids!
  • (17) According to Titz, Charlie approached him at his studio when he was photographing artist Bobby West Tjupurrula and said, “hey mate, can you take my photo?” “He was travelling with a band of people from Kiwirrkurra,” Titz says.
  • (18) We have a few quotations from a compendium of jokes of the first emperor Augustus (not all brilliant: "When a man was nervously giving him a petition and kept putting his hand out, then drawing it back, the emperor quipped, 'Hey, do you think you're giving a penny to an elephant?'").
  • (19) Then someone came up to me and said: ‘Hey, do you know who that is?
  • (20) If In The Loop marks a time when people stop shouting, "Hey Tony!"

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