As nouns the difference between hist and mist
is that
hist is an instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent while
mist is water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
As verbs the difference between hist and mist
is that
hist is {{eye dialect|hoist|lang=en} while
mist is to form mist.
As an abbreviation Hist
is history (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience".
As an interjection hist
is
An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.