Hoping vs. Hopping

Hoping vs. Hopping — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hoping and Hopping

Hopingverb

present participle of hope

I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow.

Hoppingnoun

(British) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.

Hopingadjective

(rare) Filled with or inspiring hope.

A hoping situation is not yet desolate.

Hoppingnoun

The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent

Hoppingnoun

The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

Hoppingnoun

A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.

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Hoppingadjective

Of a location, crowded with people.