Whats the difference between "Hi" and "Hello"?

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three letters.

historicly we could get into all sorts of deep phylosopical discussions.

supposedly the longer form is about focusing more attention on the person being greeted.

but i ask you, is this automaticly or neccessarily a good thing?
or even a harmless one?

and wouldn't that depend entirely upon the nature of your own thoughts it was distracting you from?

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just out of curiousity, why do you keep asking these random questions??

 

Hello is more formal? I also second masterofpuppest's question (I think)

 

Hi is more casual I think

 

hello is what you say as angrily as possible when telemarketers call. hi is what you say to people you like.

 

You're nicer to telemarketers than I am.

 

i sometimes answer the phone and hand it off to my baby.

 

My thoughts exactly... it's becoming a bit TOO random, a little cheezy....

 

yeah hi is definitely more casual, and hello is more formal.

and then theres always "hey", which is i think even more casual than hi.