Coven vs Hover - What's the difference?
coven | hover |
A clique that shares common interests or activities.
* 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 12
A formal group or assembly of witches.
To float in the air.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To linger in one place.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
To waver, or be uncertain.
(computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
As nouns the difference between coven and hover
is that coven is a clique that shares common interests or activities while hover is a cover; a shelter; a protection.As a verb hover is
to float in the air.coven
English
(wikipedia coven)Noun
(en noun)- “This is a very African area”, he said as they maneuvered their way among the covens of menacing children gathered in the halls.
Derived terms
* covener, covenstead, covendomhover
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) hoveren (frequentative of hove).Verb
(en verb)Travels and travails, passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
- The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.
