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Difference between Have word and Have words

have wordreceive a message:

  • After about four months, in May, we had word that this comet was going to impact Jupiter.

have wordshave a quarrel:

  • Every time the two of them get together they have words.

Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase have no words—be unable to describe or talk about smth.:

  • We all here are quite astonished and have no words to describe the situation.