Coup vs Hit - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between coup and hit

is that coup is a quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph while hit is a blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

As a verb hit is

To strike.
As a pronoun hit is
it.

coup
English

Noun
(en noun)
A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph.

* 2000 , P. E. Bryden, The Ontario-Quebec Axis: Postwar Strategies in Intergovernmental Negotiations'', Edgar-André Montigny, Anne Lorene Chambers (editors), ''Ontario Since Confederation: A Reader , page 399,

The conference was a major coup for Robarts, who received congratulations for his 'expert handling' of the 'risky venture.'

* 2004 , Charles R. Geisst, Wall Street: A History , page 116,

While the price was considered a coup for Morgan, enhancing his reputation on Wall Street, Carnegie had a different explanation for his selling price.

* 2005 , Laryce Henderson Rybka, Legacy of the Lamp , page 252,

"It was quite a coup for Pullen Park to get it. It had been in storage for awhile, and several parks in other places wanted to purchase it."

* 2014 , Jamie Jackson, " Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real", The Guardian , 26 August 2014:

Yet the capture of Di María, who was the man of the match when Real won a 10th Champions League in May, represents something a coup for United considering the club are not in Europe’s premier club competition and need to strengthen their squad after the team have let five points slip from the first two matches.

(US, historical, of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.

* 2007 , James Mooney, George Bird Grinnell, Edmund Nequatewa, Native American Ways: Four Paths to Enlightenment , page 316,

Thus, for a horseman to ride over and knock down an enemy, who was on foot, was regarded among the Blackfeet as a coup , for the horseman might be shot at close quarters, or might receive a lance thrust.

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* 1985 , Christopher S. Clapham, Third World Politics: An Introduction , page 137,

Military coups and the military regimes which follow from them are so much a feature of third world politics that their presence or absence in any given region might almost be taken as a rough and ready touchstone of third worldliness.

* 2003 , April A. Gordon, Nigeria's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook , page 130,

It was the military's discontent with what was happening in the country and in the military that led to the first military coup in January 1966. The First Republic was brought to an ignoble end and replaced with a military government.

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(by extension) A takeover of one group by another.

Synonyms
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Derived terms
* count coup (qualifier) * coup stick (qualifier)
Related terms
* * coup d'oeil * coup de foudre * * coup de main
See also
* (acknowledgement of a successful hit) English terms with homophones ----
hit
English

Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Verb

To strike.

#(lb) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

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#*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

#*1922-1927 , (Frank Harris), (My Life and Loves)

#*:He tried to hit me but I dodged the blow and went out to plot revenge.

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#*:BELLO: (Shouts) Good, by the rumping jumping general! That's the best bit of news I heard these six weeks. Here, don't keep me waiting, damn you! (He slaps her face)

#*:BLOOM: (Whimpers) You're after hitting me. I'll tell

#*1934 , , The Slugger's Game

#*:I hunted him for half a hour, aiming to learn him to hit a man with a table-leg and then run, but I didn't find him.

#(lb) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

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#*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

#*:If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another?

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#*:a dozen apples, each of them near as large as a Bristol barrel, came tumbling about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to stoop, and knocked me down flat on my face.

#*1882 , (Nathaniel Hawthorne), Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A romance

#*:Meanwhile the street boys kept up a shower of mud balls, many of which hit the Doctor, while the rest were distributed upon his assailants.

# To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.

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# To attack, especially amphibiously.

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To briefly visit.

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To encounter.

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(lb) To attain, to achieve.

# To reach or achieve.

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#*2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal:

#*:And her success with Glover, a product of the National Lottery-funded Sporting Giants talent identification programme, will also spark relief among British officials who were starting to fret a little about hitting their target of equalling fourth in the medal table from Beijing.

#(lb) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:And oft it hits / Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.

#*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

#*:Millions miss for one that hits .

#To guess; to light upon or discover.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Thou hast hit it.

(lb) To affect negatively.

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To make a play.

# In blackjack, to deal a card to.

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# To come up to bat.

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#(lb) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

To use; to connect to.

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To have sex with.

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To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana

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Antonyms
* (manage to touch in the right place) miss
Derived terms
(Terms derived from the verb "hit") * don't let the door hit you on the way out * flood-hit (adjective ) * hit a home run * hit a nerve * hit a six * hit a snag * hit above one's weight * hit and run * hit at * hit back * hit below one's weight * hit for six * hit home * hit it an quit it * hit it big * hit it off * hitman * hit on * hit one out of the ballpark * hit one's stride * hit out * hit paydirt * hit the ball twice * hit the books * hit the bottle * hit the bricks * hit the ceiling * hit the deck * hit the dirt * hit the gas * hit the ground running * hit the hay * hit the head * hit the headlines * hit the jackpot * hit the nail on the head * hit the net * hit the pan * hit the pavement * hit the road * hit rock bottom * hit the rock * hit the rocks * hit the roof * hit the sack * hit the silk * hit the skids * hit the spot * hit up * hit upon * hit wicket * hittable * hitter * hitting * not know what hit one * pinch-hit
Noun
(en noun)
A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

* Dryden

So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, / And, at each hit , with wonder seems amazed.

The hit was very slight.

A success, especially in the entertainment industry.

The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.

* Alexander Pope

What late he called a blessing, now was wit, / And God's good providence, a lucky hit .

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An attack on a location, person or people.

# In the game of , a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.

(computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine

(Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.

My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.

An approximately correct answer in a test set.

(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.

The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.

(colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.

Where am I going to get my next hit ?

A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.

(dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.

a happy hit

A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.

Antonyms
* (a punch) miss * (success) flop, turkey
Derived terms
* banjo hit * base hit * cult hit * direct hit * hit counter * hit list * hit parade * hit point * hit squad * hit test * infield hit * king hit * nervous hit * no hit * one-hit wonder * pinch hit * smash hit * straight hit * take a hit
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at (l). Note 'it.
Pronoun

(dialectal) .

* 1922 , Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly, Volume 130:

But how hit was to come about didn't appear.

* 1998 , Nancy A. Walker, What's so funny?: humor in American culture:

Now, George, grease it good, an' let hit' slide down the hill ' hits own way.

Derived terms
* (l) * (l)
Anagrams
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Coup vs Hit - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between coup and hit

As a verb hit is

As a pronoun hit is

coup

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hit

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Etymology 2

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