What's the difference between bullish and hopeful?

Bullish


Definition:

  • (a.) Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But now they have a bullish and vociferous spokesperson in Guatemala's president, Otto Pérez Molina.
  • (2) Bullish as ever, a press release reveals that the service should be available by 2015 – once the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s rules on the safety of unmanned aerial vehicles are finalised.
  • (3) Despite his bullish defiance over the weekend following his re-election – blaming US investigators and the British media for trying to unseat him – Blatter cut a diminished figure following a day of speculation over the fate of his right-hand man Valcke.
  • (4) Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick has been bullish about his desire to automate the company’s cars and cut out the human element of the taxi service, which is its largest operating cost.
  • (5) She's been taking a bullish tone, declaring that they will "send a clear message to the market about the resilience of the financial system."
  • (6) But David Cameron, really from the off, understood that this was a question which would have to be answered.” Despite Salmond’s bullish confidence in public after his victory, he was far from confident in private.
  • (7) Gove and his team are more bullish, and Allen describes an unremittingly positive dossier of evidence that the coalition recently published as "deliberately selective".
  • (8) But if the referee doesn’t whistle for it, we can’t say anything about that.” Roberto Martínez offered a bullish take on the incident, seeming to suggest Sterling was hoping to deceive the referee into awarding the kick.
  • (9) Grainge was bullish that the enforced asset sale – which will include EMI operations in nine European countries and labels such as Chrysalis, Mute and Sanctuary, home to artists including Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode and Iron Maiden respectively – will draw premium bids and that Universal will not lose out by offloading them.
  • (10) Others are even more bullish, predicting growth in the bio-based chemicals market from $78bn in 2012 to $198bn (pdf) by 2017, eventually accounting for 50% of the chemicals market by 2050.
  • (11) Moreover that bullishness irritated the Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy.
  • (12) Despite the bullish mood from both chief executive and chairman, outside the conference centre some institutional investors were less than happy that the huge revolt has not been taken more seriously.
  • (13) In a note to investors, Bernstein's Todd Juenger was "bullish" about the near-term.
  • (14) Taylor Wimpey said it was fully sold for 2009 and was bullish on a recovery, albeit at a sluggish pace.
  • (15) Despite the downgrade, the Berlin government is still bullish – blaming the downgrade on the eurozone crisis and weakness in emerging markets.
  • (16) Had those bullish bankers overestimated the dividend-paying capabilities?
  • (17) CEO Henri Winand is bullish, saying “the hydrogen age has arrived” but it is not just automotive where the company is finding a home for hydrogen.
  • (18) It was with a mixture of wistfulness and his usual forthright bullishness that Sam Allardyce, briefly moving his attention away from the 21st-century football that West Ham United intend to confront Chelsea with on Friday afternoon, looked back eight years and contemplated what he might have achieved in his final season at Bolton Wanderers if he had received greater financial backing – or, to be precise, any financial backing – when his team were hovering around the Champions League places at Christmas.
  • (19) Chime is increasingly bullish about its prospects for the next few years, which are peppered with major sports events.
  • (20) Salmond appeared to be even more bullish about the prospect of a yes result by the time he reached Perth yesterday evening, predicting that there would be a "decisive yes vote" next week.

Hopeful


Definition:

  • (a.) Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
  • (a.) Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We will never give up our hope for peace,” added Netanyahu.
  • (2) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
  • (3) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
  • (4) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (5) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
  • (6) Implications for practice and research include need for support groups with nurses as facilitators, the importance of fostering hope, and need for education of health care professionals.
  • (7) I’m hopeful but I just can’t get over all my experiences in the past.
  • (8) I hope I can play a major part in really highlighting the need for far more extensive family violence training within all organisations that deal with women and children, including the police and the department of human services,” Batty said.
  • (9) HDAra-C in combination with anthracyclines is now considered to be a treatment which may afford some hope of a cure in a certain percentage of cases of adult acute non-lymphocytic leukemia.
  • (10) Many hope this week's photocalls with the two men will be a recruiting aid and provide a desperately needed bounce in the polls.
  • (11) I hope they fight for the money to make their jobs worth doing, because it's only with the money (a drop in the ocean though it may be) that they'll be able to do anything.
  • (12) In a newspaper interview last month, Shapps said the BBC needed to tackle what he said was a culture of secrecy, waste and unbalanced reporting if it hoped to retain the full £3.6bn raised by the licence fee after the current Royal Charter expires in 2016.
  • (13) He had been just asked to open their new town hall, in the hope he might donate a Shakespeare statue.
  • (14) Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president chairing the summit, hoped to finesse an overall agreement on the banking supervisor.
  • (15) "For a better world, not only for the Iranian people but for the next generation across the globe, I earnestly hope that President Rouhani will receive a warm welcome and meaningful responses during his visit to the UN."
  • (16) "I hope that he has the sleepless nights I have had for the past five weeks because my son sustained horrific injuries."
  • (17) Hopes of a breakthrough are slim, though, after WTO members failed to agree a draft deal to rubber-stamp this week.
  • (18) Another, discussing public attitudes towards the police, said: "I've lost count of [the number of] people who said: 'It's only cos you've got a uniform … if you didn't have the uniform on, I'd come and fuck you and this, that and the other … I hope your wife dies of cancer and your kids die of cancer.'"
  • (19) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
  • (20) A case is presented of deliberate chewing of the flowers of henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) in the hope of producing euphoria, and an account is given of the poisoning so produced.