The difference between Hang and Hook

Hang as a verb (intransitive):

To be or remain suspended.

Hang as a verb (intransitive):

To float, as if suspended.

Hang as a verb (intransitive, of a [[ball]] in cricket, tennis, etc.):

To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.

Hang as a verb (transitive):

To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

Hang as a verb (transitive):

To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger or the like.

Hang as a verb (transitive, legal):

To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.

Hang as a verb (intransitive, legal):

To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

Hang as a verb (intransitive, informal):

To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.

Hang as a verb (transitive):

To exhibit (an object) by hanging.

Hang as a verb (transitive):

To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).

Hang as a verb (transitive):

To decorate (something) with hanging objects.

Hang as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):

To remain persistently in one's thoughts.

Hang as a verb (transitive):

To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.

Hang as a verb (intransitive, computing):

To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.

Hang as a verb (transitive, computing):

To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.

Hang as a verb (transitive, chess):

To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.

Hang as a verb (intransitive, chess):

To be vulnerable to capture.

Hang as a verb (transitive, baseball, slang):

Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.

Hang as a noun:

The way in which something hangs.

Hang as a noun (figuratively):

A grip, understanding

Hang as a noun (computing):

An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.

Hang as a noun:

A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

Hang as a noun (Ireland, informal, derogatory):

Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

Hang as a noun:

Hook as a noun:

a rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment

Hook as a noun:

a fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing

Hook as a noun:

any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook

Hook as a noun (informal):

a ship's anchor

Hook as a noun:

the curved needle used in the art of crochet

Hook as a noun:

the part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns

Hook as a noun:

a loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j

Hook as a noun (music):

a catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song

Hook as a noun (authorship):

a brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play

Hook as a noun (authorship):

a gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention

Hook as a noun:

a tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely

Hook as a noun (informal):

removal or expulsion from a group or activity

Hook as a noun (cricket):

a type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height

Hook as a noun (baseball):

a curveball

Hook as a noun (software):

a feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily

Hook as a noun (golf):

a golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade

Hook as a noun (basketball):

a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.

Hook as a noun (boxing):

a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc

Hook as a noun (slang):

A jack (the playing card)

Hook as a noun (typography):

a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark: ỏ.

Hook as a noun (typography, rare):

a .

Hook as a noun ([[Scrabble]]):

an instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word

Hook as a noun (bowling):

a ball that is rolled in a curved line

Hook as a noun (bridge, slang):

a finesse

Hook as a noun:

a snare; a trap

Hook as a noun:

a field sown two years in succession

Hook as a noun (in the plural):

the projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones

Hook as a noun (geography):

a spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey

Hook as a verb (transitive):

To attach a hook to.

Hook as a verb (transitive):

To catch with a hook .

Hook as a verb (transitive):

To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

Hook as a verb (transitive):

To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

Hook as a verb (transitive):

To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.

Hook as a verb (UK, US, slang, archaic):

To steal.

Hook as a verb (transitive):

To connect (hook into, hook together).

Hook as a verb (usually, in passive):

To make addicted; to captivate.

Hook as a verb (cricket, golf):

To play a hook shot.

Hook as a verb (rugby):

To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).

Hook as a verb (field hockey, ice hockey):

To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

Hook as a verb (soccer):

To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.

Hook as a verb (intransitive, slang):

To engage in prostitution.

Hook as a verb (Scrabble):

To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

Hook as a verb (bridge, slang):

To finesse.

Hook as a verb (transitive):

To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

Hook as a verb (intransitive):

To move or go with a sudden turn.