hum vs oh

hum

verb
  • To express by humming. 

  • To produce low sounds which blend continuously 

  • To reek, smell bad. 

  • To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed. 

  • To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly 

  • To buzz, be busily active like a beehive 

noun
  • Unpleasant odour. 

  • A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people. 

  • Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive. 

  • A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed. 

  • An often indistinct sound resembling human humming. 

intj
  • Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c. 

  • Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c. 

oh

verb
  • To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc. 

intj
  • A word to precede an added comment or afterthought. 

  • A word to precede an offhand or annoyed remark. 

  • Expression of surprise. 

  • An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment. 

  • Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe. 

  • Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization. 

  • Expression of pain. See ouch. 

  • Expression of mild scepticism. 

  • A word to mark a spoken phrase as imaginary. 

  • Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic). 

  • Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music. 

noun
  • the letter O, o (more commonly spelled o) 

  • An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc. 

  • the digit 0 (especially in representations of speech) 

How often have the words hum and oh occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )