Hex vs Vex - What's the difference?
hex | vex |
To put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on.
An evil spell or curse.
A witch.
(rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
(computing, informal)
A hexagonal space on a game board.
a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
To trouble aggressively, to harass.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XII:
To annoy, irritate.
To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
(rare) To twist, to weave.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
* Alexander Pope
As verbs the difference between hex and vex
is that hex is to put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on while vex is to trouble aggressively, to harass.As nouns the difference between hex and vex
is that hex is an evil spell or curse while VEX is initialism of w:Venus Express|Venus Express|lang=en.hex
English
(wikipedia hex)Etymology 1
First attested about 1830, from (etyl)Verb
Noun
(hexes)Etymology 2
Short for hexadecimal.Noun
(-)Etymology 3
Short for hexagon.Noun
(es)See also
(climbing) nutvex
English
Verb
(es)- In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.
- Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
- some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
- (Chapman)
- White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.