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Foister vs Hoister - What's the difference?

foister | hoister |

As nouns the difference between foister and hoister

is that foister is one who foists; a falsifier while hoister is one who, or that which, hoists.

foister

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who foists; a falsifier.

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    hoister

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, hoists.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, almost before Tashtego could have reached its interior bottom.