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Hypothecate vs Hypotenuse - What's the difference?

hypothecate | hypotenuse |

As a verb hypothecate

is to pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.

As a noun hypotenuse is

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

hypothecate

English

Verb

(hypothecat)
  • To pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.
  • *1943 , (Raymond Chandler), The High Window , Penguin 2005, p. 12:
  • *:‘My husband, Jasper Murdock, provided in his will that no part of his collection might be sold, loaned or hypothecated during my lifetime.’
  • (politics, British) To designate a new tax or tax increase for a specific expenditure

    • Usage notes

    *Often wrongly used in place of the word hypothesize .

    Derived terms

    * hypothecable * hypothecatable * hypothecatee * hypothecation * hypothecator * rehypothecate (rehypothecation)

    Related terms

    * hypothec

    hypotenuse

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hypothenuse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

    • See also

    * cathetus