Hover vs Convolute - What's the difference?
hover | convolute |
To float in the air.
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, title= To linger in one place.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
To waver, or be uncertain.
(computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
To make unnecessarily complex.
To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
(botany, of a leaf) coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate)
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As verbs the difference between hover and convolute
is that hover is to float in the air while convolute is to make unnecessarily complex.As a noun hover
is a cover; a shelter; a protection.As an adjective convolute is
coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate.hover
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) hoveren (frequentative of hove).Verb
(en verb)Travels and travails, passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
- The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.