different between hover vs coast

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoveren, equivalent with hove +? -er (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?.v?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)
• (US, formerly also UK) IPA^(key): /?h?.v?/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)

Verb

hover (third-person singular simple present hovers, present participle hovering, simple past and past participle hovered)

1. (intransitive) To float in the air.

2. (intransitive) To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.
   • 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.

3. (intransitive) To waver, or be uncertain.

4. (computing, intransitive) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Welsh: hofran

Translations

Noun

hover (plural hovers)

1. The act of hovering

Etymology 2

Unknown

Pronunciation

Noun

hover (plural hovers)

1. A cover; a shelter; a protection.

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   • 1867, Charles Kingsley, Superstition

     Without the instinct of self-preservation, which causes the sea-anemone to contract its tentacles, or the fish to dash into its hover, species would be extermined wholesale by involuntary suicide.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• høver

Noun

hover m

1. indefinite plural of hov

Scots

Verb

hover (third-person singular present hovers, present participle hoverin, past hovert, past participle hovert)

1. to hover
2. to pause (in hesitation)

English

Etymology

From Middle English coste, cooste (“rib", also "shore”), from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side, edge”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: k?st, IPA^(key): /ko?st/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?st, IPA^(key): /k??st/
• Rhymes: -??st

Noun

coast (plural coasts)

1. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

   The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.

2. (obsolete) The side or edge of something. [15th-18th c.]

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3. (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, 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 […]

   • 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.

4. (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III iii

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

Hypernyms

• (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay): shore, shoreline

Hyponyms

• (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay): oceanfront, seashore

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

coast (third-person singular simple present coasts, present participle coasting, simple past and past participle coasted)

1. (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
2. (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

     The Ancients coasted only in their Navigations.

3. (intransitive) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or 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.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.

   • The Indians […] coasted me a long the river.

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

Translations

Anagrams

• Ascot, Casto, Coats, Costa, Cotas, Sacto, Tosca, ascot, catso, coats, costa, octas, scato-, scoat, tacos