Hovered vs Hoovered – What’s the difference?

Hovered vs Hoovered - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between hovered and hoovered is that hovered is (hover) while hoovered is (hoover).

English

Verb

(head)

(hover)

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) hoveren (frequentative of hove).

Verb

(en verb )

To float in the air.

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To linger in one place.

* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)

The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.

To waver, or be uncertain.

(computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.