Hoist vs Heist - What's the difference?
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To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
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(historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
To be lifted up.
(comptheory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
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(slang) A heist film: a film whose plot centers around an attempted robbery.
* 2008 March 6, Robert Wilonsky, "Fast and Loose", '' volume 32 number 10, page 28,
In transitive terms the difference between hoist and heist
is that hoist is to raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight while heist is to steal, rob, or hold up (something).hoist
English
Verb
- They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.
- hoisting him into his father's throne
- ...but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side.
- Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.
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Usage notes
* "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle. The "hoist" form is also uncommon in the UK except in the expression "hoist by one's own petard".Quotations
* They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails . — * Hoisting him into his father’s throne . —Noun
(en noun)- Give me a hoist over that wall.
heist
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Bank Job is also the first proper Jason Statham movie since his days banging about in Guy Ritchie's early heists .