Omoi, omotai

From: Ben Finney <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:43:01 +1100

Howdy all,

Edict gives me virtually identical English glosses for "omoi" and
"omotai".

<URL:http://jisho.org/words/?jap=%E9%87%8D%E3%81%84>
<URL:http://jisho.org/words/?jap=%E3%81%8A%E3%82%82%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84>

How are these different?

When should each of them be used?

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