Jump vs. Hop: Know the Difference
By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
Jump involves propelling the body into the air using both feet, while hop is a light spring using one foot.
Key Differences
Jump typically refers to an action where both feet leave the ground simultaneously, often used in sports and physical activities. Hop, on the other hand, implies a lighter, smaller movement where only one foot leaves the ground.
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In a jump, the body is propelled higher and often covers more distance, requiring more energy and strength. Hop is more about a quick, light leap, usually in place or over a short distance.
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Jump can be seen in various contexts like jumping over an obstacle or in dance movements, showing a range of motion and height. Hop suggests a playful or casual motion, often seen in children's games or as a way of moving quickly but casually.
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Athletically, a jump is a measured skill in sports like basketball or track and field, indicating power and agility. Hop is more informal, often used in phrases like 'hop on one foot,' denoting a simpler, less strenuous action.
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Jump can also be used metaphorically to describe entering into something quickly, like jumping into a conversation. Hop in metaphorical terms is often used to describe a short, quick movement or change, like hopping from one topic to another.
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Jump and Hop Definitions
Jump
To move suddenly and quickly in a specified way.
She jumped back in surprise.
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Hop
To spring a short distance off the ground using one foot.
The child hopped on one leg during the game.
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Jump
To increase suddenly and significantly.
Sales jumped by 20% last quarter.
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Jump
To skip or bypass levels or stages.
He jumped several grades due to his intelligence.
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Hop
(Informal) To move quickly or be busily active
The shipping department is hopping this week.
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Jump
To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.
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Hop
To travel or move often from place to place. Often used in combination
Party-hop.
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Hop
(Informal) To get on (a train) surreptitiously in order to ride without paying a fare
Hop a freight train.
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Jump
To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge
Jumped into the race for the nomination.
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Hop
A light springy jump or leap, especially on one foot or with both feet at the same time.
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Jump
To begin or start. Often used with off
The project jumped off with great enthusiasm.
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Jump
To rise suddenly in position or rank
Jumped over two others with more seniority.
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Jump
To change discontinuously or after a short period
Jumps from one subject to another.
Jumped from one job to another.
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Hop
A twining vine (Humulus lupulus) having lobed leaves and green female flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
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Hop
Hops The dried female inflorescences of this plant, containing a bitter aromatic oil. They are used in brewing to inhibit bacterial growth and to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer.
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Jump
To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment
The film jumped during projection.
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Jump
(Computers) To move from one set of instructions in a program to another out of sequence.
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Hop
A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
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Hop
(networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
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Jump
(Slang) To spring upon in sudden attack; assault or ambush
Muggers jumped him in the park.
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Jump
To cause to increase suddenly
Shortages that jumped milk prices by several cents.
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Jump
To move a piece over (an opponent's piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent's piece.
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Hop
(intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.
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Hop
(transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.
He hopped a train to California.
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Jump
To leave (a course), especially through mishap
The train jumped the rails.
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Hop
To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
We were party-hopping all weekend.
We had to island-hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.
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Jump
To leave (an organization, for example) suddenly or in violation of an agreement
Jumped the team and signed with a rival club.
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Hop
(transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
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Hop
To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
[Birds] hopping from spray to spray.
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Jump
A structure or course from which a jump is made
Built a jump out of snow.
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Jump
(Sports) Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump.
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Hop
A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
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Jump
An initial competitive advantage; a head start
Got the jump on the other newspapers.
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Jump
Energy or quickness
"We got off to a slow start. We didn't have any jump, and when we did get things going, we were too far behind" (John LeClair).
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Hop
A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
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Hop
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
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Jump
A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another.
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Hop
Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
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Jump
One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show.
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Hop
Informal: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.;
She hopped a train to Chicago
He hopped rides all over the country
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Hop
To move or step quickly and lightly.
She hopped off the bus at her stop.
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Jump
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
The boy jumped over a fence.
Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.
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Hop
To travel or move quickly to another place.
We hopped from one store to another.
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Jump
(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
She is going to jump from the diving board.
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Jump
(transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
To jump a stream
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Jump
(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
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Jump
(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
The sudden sharp sound made me jump.
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Jump
To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.
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Jump
(intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
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Jump
(transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
I hate it when people jump the queue.
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Jump
(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
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Jump
(transitive) To cause to jump.
The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
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Jump
(transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
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Jump
To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
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Jump
(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
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Jump
To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
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Jump
(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
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Jump
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.
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Jump
An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
The skier flew off the jump and landed perfectly.
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Jump
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
There were a couple of jumps from the bridge.
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Jump
An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
She was terrified before the jump, but was thrilled to be skydiving.
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Jump
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
Press jump to start.
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Jump
An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.
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Jump
(with on) An early start or an advantage.
He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
Their research department gave them the jump on the competition.
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Jump
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
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Jump
An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
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Jump
(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
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Jump
(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
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Jump
To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.
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Jump
To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
A flock of geese jump down together.
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Jump
To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
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Jump
To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
To jump a body with a dangerous physic.
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Jump
An abrupt transition;
A successful leap from college to the major leagues
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Jump
The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground;
He advanced in a series of jumps
The jumping was unexpected
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Jump
Move forward by leaps and bounds;
The horse bounded across the meadow
The child leapt across the puddle
Can you jump over the fence?
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Jump
Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;
She startled when I walked into the room
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Jump
Make a sudden physical attack on;
The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat
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Jump
Rise in rank or status;
Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
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Jump
Run off or leave the rails;
The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks
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Jump
Start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery
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Jump
Bypass;
He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
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Jump
Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;
Leap into fame
Jump to a conclusion
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Jump
Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
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Jump
To propel oneself off the ground using both feet.
He jumped over the puddle effortlessly.
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Jump
To start suddenly and move quickly.
The car jumped forward when he stepped on the gas.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries
Is hopping a playful action?
Generally, yes, it’s considered playful or casual.
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Is hopping common in dance?
Hopping can be part of dance steps, usually in a light manner.
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What does 'hop on one foot' mean?
It means to leap lightly on a single foot.
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How do you teach hopping?
By practicing balance and light leaps on one foot.
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Why do athletes train to jump higher?
To improve their performance in sports.
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Is hopping used in fitness?
Yes, as part of agility and coordination training.
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