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Loomed vs Hovered - What's the difference?

loomed | hovered |

As verbs the difference between loomed and hovered

is that loomed is (loom) while hovered is (hover).

loomed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (loom)
  • Anagrams

    *

    loom

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lome, from (etyl) . See (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
  • That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock
  • Derived terms
    * hand loom * power loom

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviformes )
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to impend; to threaten or hang over.
  • The clouds loomed over the mountains.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=August 7 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Man City 2 - 3 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=With no extra-time to be played and penalties looming , the Portuguese winger pounced on some hesitant City defending to run on to a Wayne Rooney clearance, round Joe Hart and slot home.}}
  • To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
  • * J. M. Mason
  • On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.

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    hovered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hover)

  • hover

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) hoveren (frequentative of hove).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To float in the air.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= 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.}}
  • To linger in one place.
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
  • 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.
  • To waver, or be uncertain.
  • (computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
  • Derived terms
    * * hoverboat * hoverbike * hovercar * hoverchair * hovercraft

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cover; a shelter; a protection.
  • (Carew)
    (Charles Kingsley)
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