Lift vs. Hoist — What's the Difference?

To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise

To raise or haul up, often with the help of a mechanical apparatus.

To transport by air

To raise to one's mouth in order to drink

To revoke by taking back; rescind

To become raised or lifted.

To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces.

An apparatus for lifting heavy or cumbersome objects.

To cease (artillery fire) in an area.

The act of hoisting; a lift.

To raise in condition, rank, or esteem

The height or vertical dimension of a flag or of any square sail other than a course.

To uplift; elate

A group of flags raised together as a signal.

To remove (plants) from the ground for transplanting.

(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).

To project or sound in loud, clear tones

To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.

(Informal) To steal; pilfer

To lift someone up to be flogged.

(Informal) To copy from something already published; plagiarize

(intransitive) To be lifted up.

To pay off or clear (a debt or mortgage, for example).

To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.

To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin.

To steal.

(Sports) To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.

To rob.

To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.

A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.

To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.

The act of hoisting; a lift.

To rise; ascend.

The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.

To yield to upward pressure

The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.

To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising

The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.

To stop temporarily

To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.

To become elevated; soar

That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

The act or process of rising or raising to a higher position.

The act of hoisting; a lift.

Power or force available for raising

The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.

An organized effort or a flight transporting supplies or people by airplane; an airlift.

Hoisted.

The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation.

Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

The distance or space through which something is raised or rises.

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;

A rise or an elevation in the level of the ground.

Move from one place to another by lifting;

An elevation of the spirits

Raise;

A raised, high, or erect position, as of a part of the body

A machine or device designed to pick up, raise, or carry something.

One of the layers of leather, rubber, or other material making up the heel of a shoe.

Chiefly British A passenger or cargo elevator.

A ride in a vehicle given to help someone reach a destination

Assistance or help

A set of pumps used in a mine.

The component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airfoil or on an entire aircraft or winged missile perpendicular to the relative wind and normally exerted in an upward direction, opposing the pull of gravity.

(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.

To steal.

To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.

To arrest (a person).

(transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

(transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)

(transitive) to cause to move upwards.

To lift weights; to weight-lift.

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

(obsolete) To bear; to support.

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

(programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.

(finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.

An act of lifting or raising.

The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.

(measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.

A thief.

(dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

(figurative) An improvement in mood.

The amount or weight to be lifted.

The space or distance through which anything is lifted.

A rise; a degree of elevation.

A liftgate.

(nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.

(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Air.

The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.

Help; assistance, as by lifting.

That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted

A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.

A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; - used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

One of the steps of a cone pulley.

A layer of leather in the heel.

That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the campaign workers got a lift from the President's endorsement.

To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; - said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.

To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; - often with up.

To bear; to support.

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

To steal; also, to live by theft.

The act of giving temporary assistance

The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

The event of something being raised upward;

A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

Lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised;

Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

A ride in a car;

The act of raising something;

Raise from a lower to a higher position;

Take hold of something and move it to a different location;

Move upwards;

Move upward;

Make audible;

Annul by recalling or rescinding;

Make off with belongings of others

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;

Invigorate or heighten;

Raise in rank or condition;

Take off or away by decreasing;

Rise up;

Pay off (a mortgage)

Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

Take illegally;

Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;

Take (root crops) out of the ground;

Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture;

Put an end to;

Remove (hair) by scalping

Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery;

Remove from a surface;

Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face