What's the difference between whoa and whop?

Whoa


Definition:

  • (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) PA also spoke to Austin Yuill, whoa chef at the art school, who said he believed the blaze started when a spark ignited foam in the building's basement.
  • (2) 6.55pm GMT 49ers 6-7 Panthers, 13:08, 2nd quarter Whoa, great 20 yard Boldin run there for San Francisco and just like that they're just about at midfield.
  • (3) The metadata also gives whoever is reading the log (be they an ASIO officer, RSPCA officer, someone from the local council or even a hacker) information about your go-to whoa time, and the kind of films you’re into.
  • (4) And I looked into her eyes, it was like when you see someone across the room on a dancefloor and you think, "Whoa!"
  • (5) Here it's 'the sky's the limit' and in Britain it's like whoa, don't worry about the sky, just try and get through the day."
  • (6) What seemed at first a whoa-ful tale to be reined in, has now become a bit of a mare, neigh an un-fetlocked disaster, as it gallops into one of the week's mane stories.
  • (7) It is enough for them to go 'Whoa, what is that' and hesitate on the pavement," she said.
  • (8) It was the first time I knew, whoa, this is where he's going."
  • (9) "We were at the beach looking for shells and dad was like 'Whoa!
  • (10) At the end of the day, drive down Highway 120 to the town of Lee Vining and the Whoa Nellie Deli .
  • (11) It eventually degenerates into Dolan discussing his favorite Eagles songs: "Whoa … I love so many Eagles songs… They start off their show with a song called "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night'".
  • (12) You said: “Each child should be supported to reach their full potential, regardless of where the final standard is set.” Whoa!
  • (13) Jimenez has managed to take his blinding 2010 first half performance for the Colorado Rockies and turn it into a boat load of cash, showed signs of being that sort of player again in Cleveland last season, just in time for free agency and a new contract, one worth $50m over four years - whoa!
  • (14) Someone would never make a song like that [today] because they'd be like 'Whoa!
  • (15) What are our civic assets?” “Hmm … cafes, squares, pigeons, bars, Gaudi, scooters, paella, trees, fountains – ” “Whoa.
  • (16) Then there's a Warburton's medium sliced white ... whoa, what?
  • (17) Undefeated FSU outscored opponents by an average margin of 42 points ... whoa.
  • (18) 2.37am BST Dodgers 2 - Cardinals 0, top of 5th Jay pops to Crawford in left, he makes the catch, and whoa!
  • (19) Inside the magazine, celebrities including Charlotte Best, Cheyenne Tozzi, Zoe Marshall, Jesinta Campbell, Melissa Bergland, Virginia Gay and Melanie Vallejo don "size hero" singlet tops for what the magazine calls “a phenomenal cause!” Whoa.
  • (20) While employing a typical refusal skills program entitled "WHOA!

Whop


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over.
  • (v. t.) To beat or strike.
  • (n.) A blow, or quick, smart stroke.
  • (v. t.) Same as Whap.
  • (n.) Same as Whap.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No sign of an OMT announcement.. September 10, 2012 Updated at 2.46pm BST 2.12pm BST Another development in Greece: there is growing speculation in Athens today that with Greek debt still at a whopping 166% of GDP – despite a massive write-down by private sector creditors earlier this year – another haircut, this time by the official sector, is on the cards.
  • (2) Printers have come a long way since 1984 when Hewlett Packard introduced the ThinkJet , the firm's first personal inkjet printer grinding at a snail's pace of two pages a minute and priced at a whopping $495.
  • (3) When Simon Crowther began his course in 2012, RPI inflation was 3.6%, so in the first year interest of a whopping 6.6% was being added.
  • (4) The beta-carotene content of sweet potatoes has been boosted from 10 micrograms per gram to a whopping 115.
  • (5) For what it's worth, Labour lost on a whopping great 18% swing to the Tories, yet despite an awful lot of muttering absolutely nothing happened.
  • (6) Constantine – who has now taken the precaution of buying up the trademark to his own name in case Amazon tries a countermove – is now ready for a another outbreak of hostilities with Amazon: "Now I've said this to you," he said, "they will no doubt give us another whopping with a stick."
  • (7) Some of the worst affected locales include the Volga city of Tolyatti with a whopping 3.0 per cent prevalence, and the Irkutsk region in Siberia with 1.5 per cent, Pokrovsky said.
  • (8) Rob Carnell at ING Financial Markets The latest durable goods orders data throw more doubt on the resilience of the US recovery, with the headline growth rate of only 0.3% helped by a whopping 75.9% gain in non-defence aircraft.
  • (9) Which is why the government pumped a whopping £40bn into the nationalised banks yesterday (more than the October bailout), but made sure not to increase its shareholding in RBS.
  • (10) Those companies aren’t evil, but the jury is still out on whether they can balance large audiences of children on one side with whopping in-app purchases in games for adults on the other, without falling foul of parents.
  • (11) Among the fifth of voters who said the most important quality to them in choosing a candidate was "cares about people like me", Obama had a whopping 81-18 edge.
  • (12) This March, the proportions of loans taken by finance and property slumped all the way to a trifling 74.7%, while non-financial firms took a whopping 25.3%.
  • (13) That's effectively what the Guardian did last week, except that there was no beloved actor, but rather a whopping great multinational company accused of dumping toxic waste off the Ivory Coast, following which a lot of people got rather sick and more than a little upset.
  • (14) In Star Trek Into Darkness, he allegedly used the special effect a whopping 826 times.
  • (15) Between 2003–4 and 2010–11, a whopping £176.64bn was spent on them.
  • (16) He has already outlasted Leonid Brezhnev (18 years) and is closing in fast on comrade Stalin (a whopping 31).
  • (17) In 2007, when he faced a referendum with no rivals, he won with a whopping 97.6% of the vote.
  • (18) Before permitting the release of NBK in 1994, the censors insisted that Stone strip a whopping 150 shots from the film.
  • (19) Giving the NYPD a fail grade, the public advocate noted that "28% of answered requests took more than 60 days to process," while a whopping "31% of requests received no response."
  • (20) Asian Americans Asian Americans delivered another whopping vote of confidence to Obama, siding with him by 74% to 25%.

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