Hook vs. Chorus — What's the Difference?

A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material, typically metal, that contains a portion that is curved or indented, such that it can be used to grab onto, connect, or otherwise attach itself onto another object. In a number of uses, one end of the hook is pointed, so that this end can pierce another material, which is then held by the curved or indented portion.

A part of a song which is repeated after each verse

A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.

A large organized group of singers, especially one which performs with an orchestra or opera company

A fishhook.

A simultaneous utterance of something by many people

A curved or barbed plant or animal part.

(in ancient Greek tragedy) a group of performers who comment together on the main action

A short angled or curved line on a letter.

A device used with an amplified musical instrument to give the impression that more than one instrument is being played

A sickle.

(of a group of people) say the same thing at the same time

A sharp bend or curve, as in a river.

A group of singers who perform together, usually singing multi-part compositions with more than one singer for each part.

A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end.

A group of vocalists and dancers who support the soloists and leading performers in operas, musical comedies, and revues.

A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap.

A musical composition usually in four or more parts written for a large number of singers.

A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement

A refrain in a song, especially one in which the soloist is joined by other performers or audience members.

(Music) A catchy motif or refrain

A solo section based on the main melody of a popular song and played by a member of the group.

A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm.

A group of persons who speak or sing in unison a given part or composition in drama or poetry recitation.

The course of a ball that curves in a direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player.

An actor in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action.

A stroke that sends a ball on such a course.

A group in a classical Greek drama whose songs and dances present an exposition of or, in later tradition, a disengaged commentary on the action.

A ball propelled on such a course.

The portion of a classical Greek drama consisting of choric dance and song.

In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave.

A speech, song, or other utterance made in concert by many people.

(Baseball) A curve ball.

A simultaneous utterance by a number of people

(Basketball) A hook shot.

A simultaneous production of sound by numerous animals

To catch, suspend, or connect with a hook.

A simultaneous production of sound by numerous inanimate objects

(Informal) To snare.

To sing or utter in chorus.

(Slang) To steal; snatch.

A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.

To fasten by a hook.

A song performed by the singers of such a group.

To pierce or gore with a hook.

An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.

To take strong hold of; captivate

A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.

To cause to become addicted.

(by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.

To make (a rug) by looping yarn through canvas with a type of hook.

An instance of singing by a group of people.

To hit with a hook in boxing.

(figuratively)

To hit (a golf ball) in a hook.

A group of people or animals who make sounds together.

(Baseball) To pitch (a ball) with a curve.

The noise or sound made by such a group.

(Basketball) To shoot (a ball) in a hook shot.

(music)

(Sports) To impede the progress of (an opponent in ice hockey) by holding or restraining the player with one's stick, in violation of the rules.

A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).

To bend like a hook.

A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.

To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye.

The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.

(Slang) To work as a prostitute.

A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.

A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

(Christianity) A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.

Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.

(jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.

The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

(transitive)

The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.

A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.

To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.

A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

(rare) To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.

A snare; a trap.

(intransitive)

(in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.

(informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.

(agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.

To echo in unison another person's words.

(authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.

Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.

(narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.

A band of singers and dancers.

A finesse.

A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.

A jack (the playing card).

An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

(geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

A company of singers singing in concert.

(music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.

A ship's anchor.

Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.

(programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.

The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.

(Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.

To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.

(typography) a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.

Any utterance produced simultaneously by a group;

A háček.

A group of people assembled to sing together

Senses relating to sports.

The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

(baseball) A curveball.

A body of dancers or singers who perform together

(basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.

A company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

(bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.

Utter in unison;

(boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc

Sing in a choir

(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)

Any of the chevrons denoting rank.

(slang) A prostitute.

A pickpocket.

(surfing) shoulder

A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.

(transitive) To attach a hook to.

(transitive) To catch with a hook hook a fish.

(transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

(transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

(transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.

To steal.

(transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).

To make addicted; to captivate.

To play a hook shot.

(rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).

To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.

To engage in prostitution.

(Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

To finesse.

(transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

(intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.

See Eccentric, and V-hook.

A snare; a trap.

A field sown two years in succession.

The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; - called also hook bones.

A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball; in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer who struck the ball.

A procedure within the encoding of a computer program which allows the user to modify the program so as to import data from or export data to other programs.

To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.

To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

To steal.

To bend; to curve as a hook.

To move or go with a sudden turn;

A catch for locking a door

A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

Anything that serves as an enticement

A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;

A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

Fasten with a hook

Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle;

Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

Take by theft;

Make off with belongings of others

Hit with a hook;

Catch with a hook;

To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

Secure with the foot;

Entice and trap;

Approach with an offer of sexual favors;