Hook vs Spare - What's the difference?

In bowling|lang=en terms the difference between hook and spare

is that hook is (bowling) a ball that is rolled in a curved line while spare is (bowling) the act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.

In lang=en terms the difference between hook and spare

is that hook is to connect (hook into'', ''hook together ) while spare is (to give up) to deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

As nouns the difference between hook and spare

is that hook is a rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment while spare is the act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

As verbs the difference between hook and spare

is that hook is to attach a hook to while spare is to show mercy.

As an adjective spare is

scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

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.

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(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.

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(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

spare

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) spare, spar, from (etyl) ‘thick’).

Adjective

(er)

scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

a spare diet

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sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

* Carew

He was spare , but discreet of speech.

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Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

I have no spare time.

* Spenser

if that no spare clothes he had to give

Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.

a spare''' anchor; a '''spare bed or room

lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

* Shakespeare

O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) slow

(Grose)

Derived terms

* go spare * spare part * spare time * spare tire * spare tyre * spare wheel

Noun

(en noun)

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

* Holland

Killing for sacrifice, without any spare .

Parsimony; frugal use.

* Spenser

Poured out their plenty without spite or spare .

An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.

That which has not been used or expended.

A spare part, especially a spare tire.

(bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.

(bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) sparen, sparien, from (etyl) .

Verb

(spar)

To show mercy.

# To desist; to stop; to refrain.

# To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

# To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.

#* Bible, (w) vi. 34

He will not spare in the day of vengeance.

#* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)

Kill me, if you please, or spare me.

#* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian

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To keep.

# To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.

#* (rfdate) (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

I, who at some times spend, at others spare , / Divided between carelessness and care.

# To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.

#* (rfdate) (John Milton)

[Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare .

#* (rfdate) Bible, Proverbs xvii. 27

He that hath knowledge, spareth his words.

# (transitive)} To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.

#* (rfdate) (Knolles)

All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, he bestowed on serving of God.

(to give up) To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

* (rfdate) (Roscommon)

Where angry Jove did never spare / One breath of kind and temperate air.

* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)

I could have better spared a better man.

* , chapter=22

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

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