different between exalt vs hoist
exalt
English
Etymology
From Old French exalter, from Latin exalt?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???z??lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
- Hyphenation: ex?alt
Verb
exalt (third-person singular simple present exalts, present participle exalting, simple past and past participle exalted)
- (transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem.
- They exalted their queen.
- (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
- The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.
- (transitive) To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
- (transitive, chemistry, archaic) To refine or subtilize.
Usage notes
Do not confuse exalt (praise) (transitive) with exult (rejoice) (intransitive).
Synonyms
- upgrade
Antonyms
- abase
- demean
Derived terms
- exaltedly
- exaltedness
- exalter
Translations
See also
- exult
Further reading
- exalt at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- -taxel, LaTeX, latex, taxel
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hoist
English
Etymology
Alteration of hoise, apparently based on the past tense and participle. Compare Danish hejse, Dutch hijsen, German hissen, Italian issare, Sicilian jisari (loaned from a Germanic source).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??st/
- Hyphenation: hoist
- Rhymes: -??st
Verb
hoist (third-person singular simple present hoists, present participle hoisting, simple past and past participle hoisted or hoist)
- (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- […] 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.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- (transitive, sports, often figuratively) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
- (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
- (intransitive) To be lifted up.
- (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- (transitive, slang) To rob.
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".
Derived terms
- hoist with one's own petard
Translations
Noun
hoist (plural hoists)
- 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.
Translations
References
- hoist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- histo, histo-, hoits, shito
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