Hope vs. Believe

Hope and Believe Definitions
Hope
To wish for a particular event that one considers possible
We are hoping for more financial support.
Believe
To accept (something) as true or real
Do you believe his version of what happened?.
Hope
(Archaic) To have confidence; trust.
Believe
To consider (someone) to be truthful or accurate in what they are saying
I believe you when you say that your neighbor is angry.
Hope
To desire and consider possible
I hope that you will join us for dinner. We hope to buy a house in the spring.
Believe
To expect or suppose; think
I believe it will snow tomorrow. I believe the letters to be authentic.
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Hope
The longing or desire for something accompanied by the belief in the possibility of its occurrence
He took singing lessons in the hope of performing in the musical.
Believe
To have religious faith
He believes in God.
Hope
An instance of such longing or desire
Her hopes of becoming a doctor have not changed.
Believe
To have faith, confidence, or trust
I believe in your ability to solve the problem.
Hope
A source of or reason for such longing or desire
Good pitching is the team's only hope for victory.
Believe
To consider something to be important, worthwhile, or valuable
I believe in free speech.
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Hope
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.
Believe
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.
I believe there are faeries.
Hope
(Archaic) Trust; confidence.
Believe
(transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
Why did I ever believe you?
Hope
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
I hope everyone enjoyed the meal.
I am still hoping that all will turn out well.
Believe
(intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
After that night in the church, I believed.
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Hope
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
Believe
To opine, think, reckon.
Do you think this is good? —Hmm, I believe it's okay.
Hope
(intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
Believe
To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.
Our conqueror (whom I nowOf force believe almighty).
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ?
Often followed by a dependent clause.I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Hope
To wish.
Believe
To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
With the heart man believeth unto righteousness.
Hope
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
I still have some hope that I can get to work on time.
After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise.
There is still hope that we can find our missing cat.
Believe
To think; to suppose.
I will not believe so meanly of you.
Hope
(countable) The actual thing wished for.
Believe
Accept as true; take to be true;
I believed his report
We didn't believe his stories from the War
She believes in spirits
Hope
(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.
Believe
Judge or regard; look upon; judge;
I think he is very smart
I believe her to be very smart
I think that he is her boyfriend
The racist conceives such people to be inferior
Hope
The virtuous desire for future good.
Believe
Be confident about something;
I believe that he will come back from the war
Hope
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
Believe
Follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer;
When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too
Hope
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
Believe
Credit with veracity;
You cannot believe this man
Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?
Hope
(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
Hope
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
Hope
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
Hope
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.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
He wished, but not with hope.
New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.
Hope
One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
The Lord will be the hope of his people.
A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable.
Hope
That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
Lavina is thine elder brother's hope.
Hope
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.
But I will hope continually.
Hope
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
Hope
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.
We hope no other from your majesty.
[Charity] hopeth all things.
Hope
To expect; to fear.
Hope
A specific instance of feeling hopeful;
It revived their hope of winning the pennant
Hope
The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled;
In spite of his troubles he never gave up hope
Hope
Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
There is little or no promise that he will recover
Hope
Someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;
He was their best hope for a victory
Hope
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903)
Hope
One of the three Christian virtues
Hope
Expect and wish;
I trust you will behave better from now on
I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
Hope
Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes;
I am still hoping that all will turn out well
Hope
Intend with some possibility of fulfilment;
I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening