Duct vs Hose - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between duct and hose

is that duct is guidance; direction while hose is close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

As nouns the difference between duct and hose

is that duct is a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another while hose is a flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

As verbs the difference between duct and hose

is that duct is to channel something through a duct (or series of ducts while hose is to water or spray with a hose.

duct

English

(Wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

heating and air-conditioning ducts

An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.

(obsolete) Guidance; direction.

otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations. — Henry Hammond.

Derived terms

* ductal * ducted * ducting * ductor * duct tape * Mullerian ducts * Wolffian ducts

Verb

(en verb)

To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts)

hose

English

(wikipedia hose)

Noun

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

(uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.

(obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

* Bible, Daniel iii. 21

These men were bound in their coats, their hosen , and their hats, and their other garments.

* Shakespeare

His youthful hose , well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank.

Usage notes

* (garment covering legs ) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920's, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose

Derived terms

* hose clamp * hose clip

Verb

(hos)

To water or spray with a hose.

* {{quote-book

, year=1995 , author=Vivian Russell , title=Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny citation , isbn=9780711209886 , page=83 , passage=Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.}}

To provide with hose (garment)

* {{quote-magazine

, year=1834 , author=Pierce Pungent , title=Men and Manners , date=July to December , volume=X , page=416 , magazine=Fraser's magazine for town and country citation , passage=The mighty mass of many a mingled race,
Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;
The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed -
Nose and eyes only to the day exposed}}

To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.

* {{quote-book

, year=2003 , author=John R. Bruning , title=Jungle ace , publisher=Brassey's citation , isbn=9781574886948 , page=136 , passage=His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.}}

To trick or deceive.

* {{quote-book

, year=1995 , author=Keath Fraser , title=Popular anatomy , publisher=The Porcupine's Quill citation , isbn=9780889841499 , page=458 , passage=Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.}}

(computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.

* {{quote-magazine

, year=2006 , date=Spring 2006 , author=Joel Durham Jr. , title=Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI , page=63 , magazine=Maximum PC , publisher=Future US, Inc. , issn=1522-4279 citation , passage=There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.}}

Derived terms

* hose down * home and hosed

Anagrams

* hoes * shoe English transitive verbs