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Hoxed vs Hoaxed - What's the difference?

hoxed | hoaxed |

As verbs the difference between hoxed and hoaxed

is that hoxed is past tense of hox while hoaxed is past tense of hoax.

hoxed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hox)

    • hox

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (genetics) homeobox
    • Derived terms
    * hox gene

    Etymology 2

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To hock; to hamstring.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    hoaxed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hoax)

    • hoax

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. (scam)

    • Derived terms

    * hoaxer * hoaxster (rare)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

    • Synonyms

    * (deliberately false story or report) canard

    Derived terms

    * (deliberately false story or report) hoaxical, Hoaxocaust