Loomed vs Hovered - What's the difference?
loomed | hovered |
(loom)
A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
* Rambler
That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock
to impend; to threaten or hang over.
* {{quote-news
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To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
* J. M. Mason
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(hover)
To float in the air.
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* 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 loomed and hovered
is that loomed is (loom) while hovered is (hover).loomed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*loom
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lome, from (etyl) . See (l).Noun
(en noun)- Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
Derived terms
* hand loom * power loomEtymology 2
Etymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- The clouds loomed over the mountains.
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- On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.
References
hovered
English
Verb
(head)hover
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) hoveren (frequentative of hove).Verb
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- 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.