Shoulder vs Hoist - What's the difference?

Shoulder is a related term of hoist.

In lang=en terms the difference between shoulder and hoist

is that shoulder is to move by or as if by using one's shoulders while hoist is to be lifted up.

As nouns the difference between shoulder and hoist

is that shoulder is (lb) the part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket while hoist is a hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.

As verbs the difference between shoulder and hoist

is that shoulder is to push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder while hoist is to raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.

shoulder

English

Noun

(en noun)

(lb) The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.

#The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.

#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder . The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.

#*:With just the turn of a shoulder' she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, ''Mount Vernon'', river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a ' shoulder .

#(lb) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

#A cut of meat comprised of the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.

#The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.

Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.

A shelf between two levels.

#A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder.

#The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.

#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

#*:the north western shoulder of the mountain

#The lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.

#The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.

#An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.

(lb) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.

The portion below the neck.

#(lb) The rounded portion of stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.

#The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.

#(lb) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.

(lb) That which supports or sustains; support.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:In thy shoulder do I build my seat.

Derived terms

* cold shoulder * hard shoulder * rub shoulders * shoulder bag * shoulder blade * shoulder check * shoulder-length * shoulder pad * shoulder season * shoulder to cry on * straight from the shoulder * you can't put an old head on young shoulders

Verb

(en verb)

To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.

* (rfdate) (Edmond Spenser)

As they the earth would shoulder from her seat.

* (rfdate) (Rowe)

''Around her numberless the rabble flowed, / Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.

To carry (something) on one's shoulders.

(figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.

To put (something) on one's shoulders.

(figuratively) To accept responsibility for.

shoulder the blame

To place (something) against one's shoulders.

To form a shape resembling a shoulder.

To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.

hoist

English

Verb

To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.

* Alexander Pope

They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.

* South

hoisting him into his father's throne

* 1719:

...but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side.

* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)

Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering.}}

(historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.

To be lifted up.

(comptheory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.

Usage notes

* "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle. The "hoist" form is also uncommon in the UK except in the expression "hoist by one's own petard".

Quotations

* They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails . — * Hoisting him into his father’s throne . —

Noun

(en noun)

A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.

The act of hoisting; a lift.

Give me a hoist over that wall.

The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.

The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.

The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.