hope vs vice

hope

noun
  • A sloping plain between mountain ridges. 

  • A small bay; an inlet; a haven. 

  • A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe. 

  • The virtuous desire for future good. 

  • The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. 

  • The actual thing wished for. 

  • A person or thing that is a source of hope. 

verb
  • To wish. 

  • To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. 

  • To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. 

  • To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. 

vice

noun
  • A winding or spiral staircase. 

  • One who acts in place of a superior. 

  • A bad habit. 

  • A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. 

  • Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs. 

  • A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. 

adj
  • in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank 

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