Boost vs. Bolster

Boostnoun

A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.

Bolsternoun

A large cushion or pillow.

Boostnoun

Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.

‘The controversy gave a boost to the author's sales.’;

Bolsternoun

A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.

Boostnoun

(automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.

Bolsternoun

A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.

Boostverb

(transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.

Bolsternoun

A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.

Boostverb

To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.

‘This campaign will boost your chances of winning the election.’;

Bolsternoun

A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.

Boostverb

To steal.

Bolsternoun

The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

Boostverb

To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.

Bolsternoun

The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.

Boostverb

To give a booster shot to.

Bolsternoun

The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

Boostverb

To amplify; to signal boost.

Bolsternoun

(architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

Boostverb

To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

Bolsternoun

A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

Boostnoun

A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.

Bolsterverb

To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

Boostnoun

the act of giving hope or support to someone

Bolsternoun

A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; - generally laid under the pillows.

‘And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster,This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.’;

Boostnoun

an increase in cost;

‘they asked for a 10% rise in rates’;

Bolsternoun

A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.

‘This arm shall be a bolster for thy head.’;

Boostnoun

the act of giving an upward push;

‘he gave her a boost over the fence’;

Bolsternoun

Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.

Boostverb

increase;

‘The landlord hiked up the rents’;

Bolsternoun

A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.

Boostverb

give a boost to; be beneficial to;

‘The tax cut will boost the economy’;

Bolsternoun

A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.

Boostverb

contribute to the progress or growth of;

‘I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom’;

Bolsternoun

A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.

Boostverb

increase or raise;

‘boost the voltage in an electrical circuit’;

Bolsternoun

A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.

Boostverb

push or shove upward, as if from below or behind;

‘The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption’;

Bolsternoun

The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.

Bolsternoun

the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

Bolsternoun

That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.

Bolsternoun

The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

Bolsternoun

A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

Bolsterverb

To support with a bolster or pillow.

Bolsterverb

To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; - often with up.

‘To bolster baseness.’; ‘Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride.’;

Bolsternoun

a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

Bolsterverb

support and strengthen;

‘bolster morale’;

Bolsterverb

prop up with a pillow or bolster

Bolsterverb

add padding to;

‘pad the seat of the chair’;

Bolster

A bolster is a long narrow pillow or cushion filled with cotton, down or fibre. Bolsters are usually firm for back or arm support or for decorative application.