Ha vs. Ah — What's the Difference?

Used to express surprise, wonder, triumph, puzzlement, or pique.

Used to express various emotions, such as satisfaction, surprise, delight, dislike, or pain.

(archaic) An exclamation of grief.

An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.

(dated) A sound of hesitation: er, um.

A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.

Said when making a vigorous attack.

An instance of the interjection ah.

An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to "Well, it is so."

To give a cry of "ah".

(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day

Pronunciation spelling of I#Pronoun

An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.