What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Hor vs Hof - What's the difference?

hor | hof |

As nouns the difference between hor and hof

is that hor is pot-hook or hor can be adultery, fornication or hor can be the lover of a married woman while hof is moderation.

hor

English

Pronoun

  • (Geordie) her
  • References

    * * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    hof

    English

    Etymology 1

    A loan from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
  • * 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle'', in ''Harper's Magazine :
  • Ulrike lived in a farm hof , and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.
  • * 2009 , Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (New York: Black Cat, 1st edition):
  • Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof , enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Neopaganism) Template, sanctuary, hall.
  • * 1996 for each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged'' Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, ''Gods of the Blood , 2003, p. 307.
  • * 2005 Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or ''hof'' in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
  • * 2006' ''A '''Hof dedicated to the worship of the Aesir and the Vanir idhavellihof.org
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . Compare howff ("tavern").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Korean-style bar or pub.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 4, Adam B. Ellick, In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book, New York Times citation
  • , passage=To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs , or Korean pubs. }}

    Anagrams

    * ----