Hope vs Hope - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
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, title= (countable) The actual thing wished for.
(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
(Christianity) The virtuous desire for future good.
* The Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:13
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
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, title= To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
(obsolete) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in .
* Bible, Psalms cxix. 81
* Bible, Psalms xlii. 11
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
(uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
* , chapter=3
, title= (countable) The actual thing wished for.
(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
(Christianity) The virtuous desire for future good.
* The Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:13
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
* , chapter=10
, title= * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
(obsolete) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in .
* Bible, Psalms cxix. 81
* Bible, Psalms xlii. 11
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
In uncountable terms the difference between hope and hope
is that hope is the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen while hope is the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.In countable terms the difference between hope and hope
is that hope is a person or thing that is a source of hope while hope is a person or thing that is a source of hope.In christianity terms the difference between hope and hope
is that hope is the virtuous desire for future good while hope is the virtuous desire for future good.In intransitive obsolete terms the difference between hope and hope
is that hope is to place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in while hope is to place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.In scotland terms the difference between hope and hope
is that hope is a small bay; an inlet; a haven while hope is a small bay; an inlet; a haven.hope
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) hope, from (etyl) .Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.}}
- But now abideth faith, hope , love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Derived terms
* Cape of Good Hope * forlorn hope * great white hope * have one's hope dashed * hope against hope * hope chest * hopeful * hopeless * hoper * hope springs eternal * no-hoper * out of hope * overhope * unhope * wanhopeEtymology 2
From (etyl) hopen, from (etyl) hopian.Verb
(hop)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
- I hope in thy word.
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeDerived terms
* hoped forSee also
* aspire * desire * expect * look forward * wantEtymology 3
Compare Icelandic word for a small bay or inlet.Noun
(en noun)- (Jamieson)
hope
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) hope, from (etyl) .Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.}}
- But now abideth faith, hope , love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Derived terms
* Cape of Good Hope * forlorn hope * great white hope * have one's hope dashed * hope against hope * hope chest * hopeful * hopeless * hoper * hope springs eternal * no-hoper * out of hope * overhope * unhope * wanhopeEtymology 2
From (etyl) hopen, from (etyl) hopian.Verb
(hop)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
- I hope in thy word.
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeDerived terms
* hoped forSee also
* aspire * desire * expect * look forward * wantEtymology 3
Compare Icelandic word for a small bay or inlet.Noun
(en noun)- (Jamieson)
