Timeline for Wow vs Whoa, what is the difference between them in the US?

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Jul 27, 2019 at 21:00	history	tweeted			twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1155221371426881543
Jul 27, 2019 at 15:48	history	protected	tchrist♦
Jul 27, 2019 at 13:57	answer	added	Rosa		timeline score: -2
Dec 23, 2017 at 20:15	comment	added	GEdgar		Am I strange? I do not have the "wine/whine merger". When I mean "wow" I do not say "whoa" but I do say "woah". I do not consider "woah" merely a misspelling of "whoa", since (for me) they are pronounced differently.
Jan 20, 2017 at 20:25	history	edited	cobaltduck		tags
Jan 20, 2017 at 20:22	review	Close votes
Jan 21, 2017 at 16:43
Jan 20, 2017 at 20:20	history	edited	Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_	CC BY-SA 3.0	corrected grammar, formatting
Jan 20, 2017 at 19:40	comment	added	The Nate		"Wow" denotes surprise and connotes something impressive. "Whoa" denotes, as HotLicks said, "halt", as in needing time to process or that Keanu Reeves is startled and taken aback.
Jan 20, 2017 at 19:37	answer	added	cobaltduck		timeline score: 5
Jan 20, 2017 at 19:09	answer	added	Yosef Baskin		timeline score: 2
Jan 20, 2017 at 19:04	comment	added	Santropedro		@HotLicks I responded you by editing the post, I'm interested in the meaning related to surprise exclamation. Thanks for the suggestion!
Jan 20, 2017 at 19:03	history	edited	Santropedro	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 64 characters in body
Jan 20, 2017 at 18:18	comment	added	Hot Licks		"Whoa", literally, is a command to a horse to stop. Used figuratively it may mean "Hold up, there!" -- stop what you're saying and go back and explain what you already said. Can also be used, however, in a sense meaning "That's really surprising."
Jan 20, 2017 at 18:06	history	asked	Santropedro	CC BY-SA 3.0