What's the difference between hoof and loof?

Hoof


Definition:

  • (n.) The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
  • (n.) A hoofed animal; a beast.
  • (n.) See Ungula.
  • (v. i.) To walk as cattle.
  • (v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Radiography failed to reveal distal displacement of P3 in 8 animals, but the remaining 4 animals had an accentuation of the dorsal proximal hoof wall and cavitation of the coronary band visible on lateral radiographs.
  • (2) In a sign of anger on the Tory right at the change, the former defence secretary said the policy had been "made on the hoof" to appease a small and vocal minority.
  • (3) Pilot trials are described in which BHS, a Czechoslovak fasciolicide, was employed for mass treatment of fasciolosis in cloven-hoofed animals in wild-animals' reserves at the rate of 30 mg body weight using BHS-medicated feed.
  • (4) Corner to USA though... 1.33am BST 20 mins More tempo in the American play now, but Belgium intercept again, and Mirallas torments them down the Belgian right flank before hitting a low cross in that's hoofed safely clear.
  • (5) As time ticked away, however, Leicester's frustration grew, and they began to resort to hoofing the ball towards the visitors' penalty area.
  • (6) It consisted of an underdeveloped humerus, a duplicated ulna, several carpal bones, a partially duplicated metacarpal bone and three digits with three hoofs.
  • (7) Regular hoof care twice a year reduced the udder disease rate.
  • (8) More often than not it's passed around at the back for a while, then eventually hoofed witlessly up one of the flanks, where any slim chance of creating bother is immediately lost.
  • (9) Neuer hoofs a long ball upfield, straight down the middle.
  • (10) The playmaker hoofs a wild shot many yards over the bar.
  • (11) The analytical results indicated that a lipid fraction from all of these sources contained ceramide, galactose, galactosamine, sulfate, and sialic acid in equimolar amounts, and that the fractions were similar to the ungulic acid isolated earlier from a horse's hoof.
  • (12) Information concerning soundness, return to intended purpose, and cosmetic appearance of the limb and hoof was obtained.
  • (13) He hoofs the ball upfield, David Silva keeps it in play on the touchline, skips inside and sends a diagonal ball into the penalty area for Aguero to chase.
  • (14) The contact area may be changed if the heel of the hoof is compressible under load or if the usually non-supportive sole of the hoof is involved in ground contact.
  • (15) A rabbit antiserum against bovine hoof prekeratin was used to immunohistochemically stain the intermediate filaments of biliary epithelium and was shown to stain more than 90% of the cells in the isolated cell population.
  • (16) Hoof alterations are only painful in cases, where the corium is irritated.
  • (17) Squamous cell carcinoma of the hoof wall, with resultant invasion of the right hind distal phalanx, was identified in a 15-year-old Thoroughbred stallion.
  • (18) Cow differences were not significant for hoof growth but were for a few wear rates.
  • (19) Keratin filament polypeptides were purified from calf hoof stratum corneum with the aim of studying the in vitro assembly process and determining structural parameters of reconstituted filaments.
  • (20) Whereupon Gove went back into his customary role of baiting Hunt for making up Labour's education policy on the hoof.

Loof


Definition:

  • (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
  • (n.) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
  • (n.) The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.
  • (v. i.) See Luff.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Women had been restrained with ropes or beaten unconscious with the butt of a gun before being attacked, some in front of their children," said Annemarie Loof, an official with the medical aid organisation.
  • (2) The UK workforce is part of 51,000 worldwide and Sweden's minister for enterprise, Annie Loof, has also expressed worries about job cuts in Sweden, where AstraZeneca employs 5,900.
  • (3) A model comprising 49 isoparametric semi-loof thin shell elements was built, based on shape measurements of Kirikae (1960) and our own measurements on several local cadaver ears.
  • (4) "MSF is extremely concerned about the current situation in and around Fizi," Loof said yesterday.