Fell vs Hack - What's the difference?

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Fell is a related term of hack.

As nouns the difference between fell and hack

is that fell is fur, pelt (hairy skin of an animal) while hack is hedge.

fell

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fellen, from (etyl) fellan, .

Verb

(en verb)

To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

* Shakespeare

Stand, or I'll fell thee down.

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To strike down, kill, destroy.

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Verb

(head)

(fall)

Etymology 2

(etyl) 'skin', Russian plená'' 'pelt', (etyl) plah 'to cover', Ancient Greek ''péllas 'skin').

Noun

(en noun)

That portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

An animal skin, hide.

* Shakespeare:

We are still handling our ewes, and their fells , you know, are greasy.

(textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Verb

(en verb)

(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

* 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric , page 296:

To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.

(wikipedia fell)

Etymology 3

From (etyl) fell, . Compare (m).

Noun

(en noun)

A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.

* 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,

While hammers fell like ringing bells,

In places deep, where dark things sleep,

In hollow halls beneath the fells.

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* 1971 Catherine Cookson, The Dwelling Place

She didn't know at first why she stepped off the road and climbed the bank on to the fells; it wasn't until she found herself skirting a disused quarry that she realised where she was making for, and when she reached the place she stood and gazed at it. It was a hollow within an outcrop of rock, not large enough to call a cave but deep enough to shelter eight people from the rain, and with room to spare.

A wild field or upland moor.

Etymology 4

From (etyl) fel, . See felon.

Adjective

(er)

Of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

while we devise fell tortures for thy faults

* 1663 , (Hudibras) , by , part 1,

And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind

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Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent; clever.

(label) Eager; earnest; intent.

* (Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)

I am so fell to my business.

Adverb

(en adverb)

Sharply; fiercely.

Derived terms

* (l)

Noun

(-)

Gall; anger; melancholy.

* Spenser:

Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell .

* XIX c. ,

I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.

Statistics

Etymology 5

Noun

(mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

English causative verbs English irregular simple past forms ----

hack

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Verb

(en verb)

To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.

* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6

Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.

To cough noisily.

This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking .

To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?

(transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.

(transitive, slang, computing) By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked .

(computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.

He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.

(computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.

I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.

(transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life.

To work with on an intimately technical level.

I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.

(ice hockey) To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.

He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.

(ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.

(baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.

He went to the batter's box hacking .

To strike in a frantic movement.

* {{quote-news

, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out. }}

Derived terms

(terms derived from hack) * hack down * hack in * , hackingly, hacky * hack into * hack up * hackability * hacker

Synonyms

* (gain unauthorized access) crack * frob * tweak

Noun

(en noun)

A tool for chopping.

A hacking blow.

A gouge or notch made by such a blow.

(Shakespeare)

A dry cough.

A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

(figuratively) A try, an attempt.

(curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.

(obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pick.

(computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.

(computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.

(computing) A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.

(computing) An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.

(colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack .

(slang, military) Time check.

(baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.

He took a few hacks , but the pitcher finally struck him out.

A kick on the shins in football.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "hack")

Synonyms

* (access attempt) crack * band-aid, contrivance, improvision, improvisation, kludge, makeshift, quick fix, patch

Etymology 2

Variations of (hatch), (heck).

Noun

(en noun)

(falconry) A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.

A food-rack for cattle.

A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.

A grating in a mill race.

Verb

(en verb)

To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

(falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of , probably from place name Hackney

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) An ordinary saddle horse, especially one which has been let out for hire and is old and tired.

A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. (newspaper hack)

* I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.

(pejorative) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.

(slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.

A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.

* Alexander Pope

On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots.

(pejorative) An untalented writer.

* Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack .

* He's nothing but the typical hack writer.

(pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)

(pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.

(politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)

(obsolete) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

* Goldsmith

Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, / Who long was a bookseller's hack .

(obsolete) A procuress.

Synonyms

*(A saddle horse which is old and tired) nag

Coordinate terms

*(worthless horse) bum

Verb

(en verb)

(dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

(obsolete) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

(Hanmer)

(obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.

(Goldsmith)

To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

* J. H. Newman

The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late.

Etymology 4

From

Noun

(en noun)

A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.

Verb

(en verb)

To play hackeysack.