Hose vs. Stocking — What's the Difference?

A hose is a flexible hollow tube designed to carry fluids from one location to another. Hoses are also sometimes called pipes (the word pipe usually refers to a rigid tube, whereas a hose is usually a flexible one), or more generally tubing.

Stockings (also known as hose, especially in a historical context) are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Stockings vary in color, design, and transparency.

A flexible tube conveying water, used chiefly for watering plants and in firefighting

A close-fitting, usually knitted covering for the foot and leg, often made of sheer fabric as nylon or silk and rising high on the leg.

Stockings, socks, and tights (especially in commercial use)

A sock.

Water or spray with a hose

An elasticized garment that exerts pressure on the leg to improve blood flow and is used in the treatment of various circulatory disorders or sometimes following surgery.

Pl. hose Stockings; socks. Used only in the plural.

A bag in the shape of a large sock that is often decorated and hung on a mantle for the deposit of Christmas presents.

Close-fitting breeches or leggings reaching up to the hips and fastened to a doublet, formerly worn by men. Used only in the plural.

A white marking on the lower leg of a dark-colored horse, extending from the hoof to at least the hock or knee.

Breeches reaching down to the knees. Used only in the plural.

A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.

Pl. hos·es A flexible tube for conveying liquids or gases under pressure.

A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.

To water, drench, or wash with a hose

A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

To attack and kill (someone), typically by use of a firearm:

(forestry) A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.

To exploit, cheat, or defraud.

Present participle of stock

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.

(uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.

Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking{1};

(obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

To dress in GBs.

(transitive) To water or spray with a hose.

Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)

(transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.

The activity of supplying a stock of something;

(transitive) To deliver using a hose.

Wearing stockings;

(transitive) To provide with hose garment

(transitive) To trick or deceive.

To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.

To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.

Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.

Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.

A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.

Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery)

Man's garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doublet

A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

Water with a hose;