The difference between Expect and Hope
When used as verbs, expect means to look for (mentally), whereas hope means to want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
Hope is also noun with the meaning: the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
check bellow for the other definitions of Expect and Hope
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Expect as a verb:
To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).
Examples:
"I expect to receive wages.  I expect that the troops will be defeated."
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Expect as a verb:
To consider obligatory or required.
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Expect as a verb:
To consider reasonably due.
Examples:
"You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week."
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Expect as a verb (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple):
To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
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Expect as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To wait for; to await.
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Expect as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To wait; to stay.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sandys"
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Hope as a noun (countable, _, or, _, uncountable):
The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
Examples:
"I still have some hope that I can get to work on time."
"After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise."
"There is still hope that we can find our missing cat."
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Hope as a noun (countable):
The actual thing wished for.
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Hope as a noun (countable):
A person or thing that is a source of hope.
Examples:
"We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table."
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Hope as a noun (Christianity, uncountable):
The virtuous desire for future good.
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Hope as a verb (intransitive, transitive):
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
Examples:
"I hope everyone enjoyed the meal."
"I am still hoping that all will turn out well."
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Hope as a verb:
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
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Hope as a verb (intransitive):
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
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Hope as a verb (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard):
To wish.
Examples:
"I hope you all the best."
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Hope as a noun (Northern England, Scotland):
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.
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Hope as a noun:
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
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Hope as a noun (Scotland):
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
Examples:
"rfquotek Jamieson"