Difference between Hover and Linger

What is the difference between Hover and Linger?

Hover as a verb is to float in the air. while Linger as a verb is to stay or remain.

Hover

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To float in the air. To linger in one place. To waver, or be uncertain. To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.

Example sentence: I used to have a recurring black-and-white dream where I would drive in on a hover car and raid the shoe closets of this huge mansion. I don't know what that means at all, to be honest.

Linger

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stay or remain.

Example sentence: I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.

We hope you now know whether to use Hover or Linger in your sentence.

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