Hoop vs. Loop

Hoop vs. Loop — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hoop and Loop

Hoopnoun

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

Loopnoun

A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.

Hoopnoun

A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.

the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese

Loopnoun

The opening so formed.

Hoopnoun

A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

Loopnoun

A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.
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Hoopnoun

A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; hence, by extension a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.

Loopnoun

A ring road or beltway.

Hoopnoun

A quart pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.

Loopnoun

An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

Hoopnoun

An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.

Loopnoun

A complete circuit for an electric current.

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Hoopnoun

(basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.

Loopnoun

(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

Hoopnoun

The game of basketball.

Loopnoun

(graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.

Hoopnoun

A hoop earring.

Loopnoun

(topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.

Hoopnoun

A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.

Loopnoun

(transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

Hoopnoun

A horizontal stripe on the jersey

Loopnoun

(algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.

Hoopnoun

A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.

Loopnoun

A loop-shaped intrauterine device.

Hoopverb

(transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop.

to hoop a barrel or puncheon

Loopnoun

An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.

Hoopverb

(transitive) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

Loopnoun

A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

Hoopverb

(dated) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.

Loopnoun

alternative form of loup|nodot=yes(mass of iron).

Hoopverb

(dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough.

Loopnoun

(biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.

Hoopnoun

a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

Loopverb

(transitive) To form something into a loop.

Hoopnoun

a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling;

there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse

Loopverb

(transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.

Hoopnoun

a small arch used as croquet equipment

Loopverb

(transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.

Hoopnoun

horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball

Loopverb

(transitive) To move something in a loop.

Hoopverb

bind or fasten with a hoop;

hoop vats

Loopverb

(transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.

Loopverb

(transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.

Loopverb

(transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.

Loopverb

(intransitive) To form a loop.

Loopverb

(intransitive) To move in a loop.

The program loops until the user presses a key.

Loopnoun

fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Loopnoun

anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

Loopnoun

(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated;

the solution took hundreds of iterations

Loopnoun

an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan);

he's no longer in the loop

Loopnoun

the basic pattern of the human fingerprint

Loopnoun

a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied

Loopnoun

the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop

Loopnoun

an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop

Loopnoun

a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

Loopnoun

a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

Loopverb

move in loops;

The bicycle looped around the tree

Loopverb

make a loop in;

loop a rope

Loopverb

fly loops, perform a loop;

the stunt pilot looped his plane

Loopverb

wind around something in coils or loops

Loopverb

fasten or join with a loop;

He looped the watch through his belt