Hook vs Net - What's the difference?

hook | net | Synonyms |

In transitive terms the difference between hook and net

is that hook is to connect (hook into, hook together) while net is to yield as profit for.

As an adjective net is

good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.

As an adverb net is

after expenses or deductions.

As a proper noun Net is

the Internet.

hook

English

(wikipedia hook)

Noun

(en noun)

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.

Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook

* Alexander Pope

like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook

* 1819 , Keats,

Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,

Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook

Spares the next swath and all its twinèd flowers;

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g'' and ''j .

A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

The song's hook snared me.

A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.

A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

(informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook .

(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.

(baseball) A curveball.

He threw a hook in the dirt.

(software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.

''We've added "user-defined" codepoints in several places and careful definitions of what to do with unknown message types as hooks in the standard to enable implementations to be both backward and forward compatible to future versions of the standard.

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade

(basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.

(boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.

The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=December 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.}}

(slang) A jack (the playing card)

(typography, rare) A .

* 2003 , Language Issues XV–XVIII, page 36

Common diacritics in Slavonic language are the hook' ? (as in ha'''?'''ek – Czech for ‘hook’) and the stroke ´ (robi' ? – Polish for ‘do/make’).

* 2003 , David Adams, The Song and Duet Texts of , page 168

In Czech, palatalization is normally indicated by the symbol ?, called ha?ek or “hook .”

* 2004 , Keesing’s Record of World Events L:i–xii, page unknown

In detailing the proposed shortening of the Czech Republic to ?esko…the hook (hacek) erroneously appeared over the letter “e” instead of the “C”.

(Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.

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(bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.

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(bridge, slang) A finesse.

A snare; a trap.

(Shakespeare)

A field sown two years in succession.

(in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

Derived terms

* by hook or by crook * grappling hook * * hook shot * on the hook

References

* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Verb

(en verb)

To attach a hook to.

Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.

To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.

To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.

She's only here to try to hook a husband.

A free trial is a good way to hook customers.

(UK, US, slang, archaic) To steal.

To connect (hook into'', ''hook together ).

If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.

(Usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.

I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked .

(cricket, golf) To play a hook shot.

(field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.

(soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.

* {{quote-news

, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.}}

(slang) To engage in prostitution.

I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.

(Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

(bridge, slang) To finesse.

To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

Derived terms

* hooker * hook up

net

English

(NET)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A mesh of string, cord or rope.

A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}

A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.

Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

(by extension) A trap.

* Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

(geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.

A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them, e.g. computer ~, road ~, electricity distribution ~.

(sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.

* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC

, title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal , passage=Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.}}

(sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

Synonyms

* (mesh) mesh, network * (used for catching or trapping) * snare, trap * (anything that has the appearance of a net) reticulation * (in geometry) development * (in computing) network

Derived terms

* fishnet * hairnet * hit the net * internet * netting * network * neural net * Petri net * safety net

Verb

(nett)

To catch by means of a net.

(figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.

* Sir Walter Scott

And now I am here, netted and in the toils.

To enclose or cover with a net.

to net a tree

(football) To score (a goal).

Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.

* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]

Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.

(tennis) To hit the ball into the net.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=June 28 , author=David Ornstein , title=Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.}}

To form network or netting; to knit.

Synonyms

* (catch by means of a net) catch * (to trap) catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

* nett

Adjective

(-)

(obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xii:

Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright

Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.

net wine

Remaining after expenses or deductions.

net''' profit''; '''''net weight

Final; end.

net''' result''; '''''net conclusion

Derived terms

* net income * net loss * net weight

Adverb

(-)

after expenses or deductions

You'll have $5000 net .

(after expenses or deductions) * German: (t) (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)

Noun

(en noun)

The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.

Verb

(nett)

To receive as profit.

The company nets $30 on every sale.

To yield as profit for.

The scam netted the criminals $30,000.

To fully hedge a position.

Every party is netting their position with a counter-party

Anagrams

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