Hope vs. Hop — What's the Difference?

Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish a desire with anticipation."Among its opposites are dejection, hopelessness, and despair.

To move with light bounding skips or leaps.

To wish for a particular event that one considers possible

(Informal) To move quickly or be busily active

(Archaic) To have confidence; trust.

To jump on one foot or with both feet at the same time.

To desire and consider possible

To make a quick trip, especially in an airplane.

The longing or desire for something accompanied by the belief in the possibility of its occurrence

To travel or move often from place to place. Often used in combination

An instance of such longing or desire

To move over by hopping

A source of or reason for such longing or desire

(Informal) To get on (a train) surreptitiously in order to ride without paying a fare

Often Hope(Christianity) The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.

To flavor with hops.

(Archaic) Trust; confidence.

A light springy jump or leap, especially on one foot or with both feet at the same time.

To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.

A rebound

To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.

(Informal) A dance or dance party.

(intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.

A short distance.

To wish.

A short trip, especially by air.

The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

A free ride; a lift.

(countable) The actual thing wished for.

A twining vine (Humulus lupulus) having lobed leaves and green female flowers arranged in conelike spikes.

(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.

Hops The dried female inflorescences of this plant, containing a bitter aromatic oil. They are used in brewing to inhibit bacterial growth and to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer.

The virtuous desire for future good.

(Slang) Opium.

A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.

A short jump.

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

A jump on one leg.

(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.

A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.

A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.

(networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.

One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.

The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers beer or ale is brewed.

That which is hoped for; an object of hope.

The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.

To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; - usually followed by for.

Opium, or some other narcotic drug.

To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.

The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.

To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.

(intransitive) To jump a short distance.

To expect; to fear.

(intransitive) To jump on one foot.

A specific instance of feeling hopeful;

(intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.

The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled;

(transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.

Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;

(transitive) To jump onto, or over

Someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;

To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.

United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903)

To go in a quick or sudden manner.

One of the three Christian virtues

(informal) To dance.

Expect and wish;

(obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.

Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes;

(transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer

Intend with some possibility of fulfilment;

(intransitive) To gather hops.

To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.

To walk lame; to limp; to halt.

To dance.

To impregnate with hops.

A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.

A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.

A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).

The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.

The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.

The act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer

An informal dance where popular music is played

Jump lightly

Move quickly from one place to another

Informal: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.;

Make a quick trip especially by air;

Jump across;

Make a jump forward or upward