Boost vs Foment - What's the difference?
boost | foment |
A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
(automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.
(slang) To steal.
To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.
To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
(medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
* 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange , Norton (2005), page 1178,
As verbs the difference between boost and foment
is that boost is to lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement while foment is to incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.As a noun boost
is a push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.boost
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(Boost)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* battery booster * booster * boosterismVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* *foment
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Verb
(en verb)- He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
- The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.