Worth vs Coast - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between worth and coast

is that worth is (countable) value while coast is (obsolete) the side or edge of something.

As verbs the difference between worth and coast

is that worth is (obsolete|except in set phrases) to be, become, betide while coast is to glide along without adding energy.

As a preposition worth

is having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

worth

English

Etymology 1

From worth or wurth, from (etyl) .

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

My house now is worth double what I paid for it.

Cleanliness is the virtue most worth having but one.

Deserving of.

I think you’ll find my proposal worth your attention.

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(obsolete, except in Scots) Valuable, worth while.

Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

This job is hardly worth the effort.

Usage notes

The modern adjectival senses of worth'' compare two noun phrases, prompting some sources to classify the word as a preposition. Most, however, list it an adjective, some with notes like "governing a noun with prepositional force." says, "the adjective ''worth requires what is most easily described as an object." Joan Maling (1983) shows that worth is best analysed as a preposition rather than an adjective. CGEL (2002) analyzes it as an adjective.

Derived terms

* for what it's worth/FWIW * more trouble than it's worth * not worth a dime * worth a try * worth every penny * worthful * worth it * worth its weight in gold * worthless * worth one's salt * worth one's while * worth the risk * worthwhile * worthy

Noun

(countable) Value.

I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.

They have proven their worths''' as individual fighting men and their '''worth as a unit.

(uncountable) Merit, excellence.

Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.

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Derived terms

* all one's life's worth * a dime's worth * comparable worth * disworth * jobsworth * money's worth * net worth * pennyworth * self-worth * tuppence worth/tuppenceworth * two pennies' worth * worthen

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (Norwegian verta, Swedish varda), Latin vertere.

Verb

(obsolete, except in set phrases) To be, become, betide.

* 1843 , , book 2, ch. 3, "Lndlord Edmund"

For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon weorthan'' equivalent to the German ''werden'', means to grow, to become; traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, ‘What is word of him?’ meaning ‘What is become of him?’ and the like. Nay we in modern English still say, ‘Woe worth the hour.’ ''[i.e. Woe befall the hour]

* 14th century , Pearl poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Corsed worth cowarddyse and couetyse boþe! [i.e. Cursed be cowardice and covetousness both]

Woe worth the man that crosses me.

Derived terms

* outworth

References

* * * * Joan Maling (1983), Transitive Adjectives: A Case of Categorial Reanalysis, in F. Henry and B. Richards (eds.), Linguistic Categories: Auxiliaries and Related Puzzles , vol.1, pp. 253-289.

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coast

English

(wikipedia coast)

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) The side or edge of something.

(Sir Isaac Newton)

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.

The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.

(obsolete) A region of land; a district or country.

* 1526 , Bible , tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:

Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof […].

*, II.ii.3:

P. Crescentius, in his lib.'' 1 ''de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast , good air, wind, etc.

(obsolete) A region of the air or heavens.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iii:

the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […].

Hypernyms

* shore, shoreline

Hyponyms

* oceanfront, seashore

Derived terms

* coast fox * coast guard, coastguard * coast rat * coast-to-coast * coastal * coaster * coastland * coastline * coastward * coastwatcher * coastwise

Verb

(en verb)

To glide along without adding energy.

When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

(nautical) To sail along a coast.

* Arbuthnot

The ancients coasted only in their navigation.

Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.

* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.

(obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

* Shakespeare

Anon she hears them chant it lustily, / And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.

(Hakluyt)

(obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.

* Sir Thomas Browne

Nearchus, not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.

(obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.

* Hakluyt

The Indians coasted me along the river.

(US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.

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