different between forklift vs forelift

English

Etymology

fork +? lift

Noun

forklift (plural forklifts)

1. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved

Synonyms

• fork hoist
• fork truck
• forklift truck
• lift truck
• sideloader
• stacker-truck
• tow-motor
• trailer loader

Translations

Verb

forklift (third-person singular simple present forklifts, present participle forklifting, simple past and past participle forklifted)

1. To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
   • 2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver (page 49)

     With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.

English

Etymology

From fore- +? lift.

Verb

forelift (third-person singular simple present forelifts, present participle forelifting, simple past and past participle forelifted)

1. (obsolete) To lift up in front.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:

     So dreadfully he towards him did pas, / Forelifting up aloft his speckled brest […]