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Hover vs Hoser - What's the difference?

hover | hoser |

As nouns the difference between hover and hoser

is that hover is a cover; a shelter; a protection while hoser is one who operates a hose, eg a fire hose or a garden hose.

As a verb hover

is to float in the air.

hover

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) hoveren (frequentative of hove).

Verb

(en verb)
  • To float in the air.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • To linger in one place.
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
    • 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.
  • To waver, or be uncertain.
  • (computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
    • Derived terms
    * * hoverboat * hoverbike * hovercar * hoverchair * hovercraft

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cover; a shelter; a protection.
    • (Carew)
    (Charles Kingsley)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    hoser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
  • * 2010 , Rosalind Noonan, In a Heartbeat (ISBN 0758241674), page 34:
  • * 2011 , Nigel Raab, Democracy Burning?: Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society (ISBN 0773537791):
    • Membership [in early Russian fire departments] included the mayor, a retired general, a teacher at a school for artists, a merchant, at least sixteen duma members, and teams of hosers , climbers, and security guards.
  • One that hoses, i.e. hurts (someone) badly.
  • * 1997 , Beth Moursund, The Official Magic: The Gathering : Strategies & Secrets (ISBN 0782120318), page 179:
    • All three of these are blue-hosers'. Every color in Magic has cards specifically designed to hurt it. Against many of the ' hosers , you can't really do much; the best strategy is simply not to rely too much on a single color.
  • (Canada, slang) A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.
  • (Canada, slang) A person who hoses down a lake after a game of hockey, to return it to a smooth state.
  • (Canada, slang) A clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks.
  • * 1985 , Canadian Dimension , volume 19, page 94:
    • We bet you know lots of hosers', eh. And you want to help them not be ' hosers .
  • * 2012 , Canadian Television: Text and Context (ISBN 1554583888), page ix:
    • This brings me to the second, more interesting genre of Canadian TV drama, one focused on what can be summarized as “hosers , whores, boozers, and losers.”
  • * 2013 , The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover (ISBN 1451614187):
    • As we laughed, we passed a table of scowling hosers and they gave our chortles an extra boost. They were beginning to come to terms with the notion that family resorts are not known for their abundance of poon tang

    See also

    * hosebag * hosehead

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