Joisted vs Foisted - What's the difference?
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(joist)
A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.
(foist)
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
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To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit.
To pass off as genuine or worthy.
* (rfdate) Jonathan Spivak — foist costly and valueless products on the public
A thief or pickpocket.
* 1977 , Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld , Folio Society 2006, p. 54:
(obsolete) A light and fast-sailing ship.
As verbs the difference between joisted and foisted
is that joisted is (joist) while foisted is (foist).joisted
English
Verb
(head)joist
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
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*foisted
English
Verb
(head)foist
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Etymology 1
Probably from obsolete (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)The Gift of Language
- attempts to foist alleged grammatical “correctness” on native speakers of an “incorrect” dialect are nothing but the unacknowledged and oppressive exercise of social control
Synonyms
* fob off * pass off * pawn off * palm offNoun
(en noun)- The foist had lately arrived form the country and was known to be doing a thriving trade in and around Westminster Hall where many country folk and others came to see lawyers.
Etymology 2
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)