Coost vs Boost - What's the difference?
coost | boost |
(obsolete, or, Scottish) (cast)
* {{quote-book, year=1868, author=Alexander Hislop, title=The Proverbs of Scotland, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I had but little butter, an' that I coost on the coals. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1780, author=Robert Burns, title=Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns, chapter=, edition=
, passage=1783 Death And Dying Words Of Poor Mailie, The Author's Only Pet Yowe., The An Unco Mournfu' Tale As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither, Was ae day nibbling on the tether, Upon her cloot she coost a hitch, An' owre she warsl'd in the ditch: There, groaning, dying, she did lie, When Hughoc he cam doytin by. }}
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.
As verbs the difference between coost and boost
is that coost is past tense of cast while 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.As a noun boost is
a push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.coost
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