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Hoping vs Holing - What's the difference?

hoping | holing |

As verbs the difference between hoping and holing

is that hoping is while holing is .

As an adjective hoping

is filled with or inspiring hope .

As a noun holing is

(mining) undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass.

hoping

English

Verb

(head)
  • * William Trogdon
    • There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't.
    I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Filled with or inspiring hope.
    • A hoping situation is not yet desolate.

    holing

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    See (hole) a hollow, and (-ing).

    Noun

  • (mining) undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass
    • (Raymond)