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Hof vs Hoy - What's the difference?

hof | hoy |

As nouns the difference between hof and hoy

is that hof is moderation while hoy is a small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.

As an interjection hoy is

ho!, hallo!, stop!.

As a verb hoy is

(label) to throw.

hof

English

Etymology 1

A loan from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
  • * 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle'', in ''Harper's Magazine :
    • Ulrike lived in a farm hof , and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.
  • * 2009 , Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (New York: Black Cat, 1st edition):
    • Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof , enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Neopaganism) Template, sanctuary, hall.
  • * 1996 for each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged'' Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, ''Gods of the Blood , 2003, p. 307.
  • * 2005 Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or ''hof'' in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
  • * 2006' ''A '''Hof dedicated to the worship of the Aesir and the Vanir idhavellihof.org

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . Compare howff ("tavern").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Korean-style bar or pub.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 4, Adam B. Ellick, In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book, New York Times citation
    • , passage=To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs , or Korean pubs. }}

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    hoy

    English

    Etymology 1

    or (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
  • * , II.x:
    • He sent to Germanie, straunge aid to reare, / From whence eftsoones arriued here three hoyes / Of Saxons, whom he for his safetie imployes.
  • * Cowper
    • The hoy went to London every week.

    Etymology 2

    , compare (ahoy).

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • ho!, hallo!, stop!

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

  • (label) to throw

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