Hung vs Hovered - What's the difference?
hung | hovered |
(hang)
Suspended by hanging.
Having hanging additions or appendages.
(legal) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.
(computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.
Having large genitals (often preceded by an adverb, e.g. well hung).
having a penis of a certain size
(hover)
To float in the air.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
, 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.
As verbs the difference between hung and hovered
is that hung is past tense of hang while hovered is past tense of hover.As an adjective hung
is suspended by hanging.hung
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Men with big feet tend to be hung like a horse.
Synonyms
* (endowed with a large penis) horse-hung, hung like a horse/hung like a donkey, well-hung, well-endowedAnagrams
*hovered
English
Verb
(head)hover
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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.