Ash vs Hash - What's the difference?
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The solid remains of a fire.
(chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
(figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
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(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing .
* 1919 , Harry Gordon, Total Soluble and Insoluble Ash in Leather'', published in the ''Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association , W. K. Alsop and W. A. Fox, eds, volume XIV, number 1, on page 253
* 1981 , Hans Weill, Margaret Turner-Warwick, and Claude Lenfant, eds, Occupational Lung Diseases: Research Approaches and Methods'', ''Lung Biology in Health and disease, volume 18 , page 203
* 1989? , Annals of Botany , volume 64, issues 4-6, page 397
* 2010 , S. Suzanne Nielsen, ed, Food Analysis, fourth edition , ISBN 978-1-4419-1477-4, Chapter 12, "Traditional Methods for Mineral Analysis", page 213
To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
(obsolete, mostly used in the past tense) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
* 1847 , H., Ashes on Corn.---An Experiment'', published in the ''Genesee Farmer , volume 8, page 281
* 1849 , in a lettre to James Higgins, published in 1850 in The American Farmer , volume V, number 7, pages 227-8
(countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus .
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
The traditional name for the ae ligature (), as used in Old English.
Food]], especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
* 1633 , Samuel Pepys, Diary
A confused mess.
* 1847 , Charlotte Yonge, Scenes and Characters
The symbol (octothorpe, pound).
(computing) The result generated by a hash function.
A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
* Walpole
A hash run; a sort of paperchase organised by the (Hash House Harriers).
* 1987 , Susan Scott-Stevens, Foreign Consultants and Counterparts (page 81)
Hashed, chopped into small pieces
* 1855 , William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes
To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
To make a quick, rough version
(computing) To transform according to a hash function.
Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
As nouns the difference between ash and hash
is that ash is the solid remains of a fire while hash is food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.As verbs the difference between ash and hash
is that ash is to reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing while hash is to chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.As a proper noun Ash
is {{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near ash trees.As an adjective hash is
hashed, chopped into small pieces.ash
English
(wikipedia ash)Etymology 1
From (etyl) asshe, from (etyl) ; see it for cognates.Noun
- The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.
- Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
- Ashes from the fire floated over the street.
- Ash from the fire floated over the street.
- The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.
Derived terms
* Ash Wednesday * ash blonde * ash heap * ash hole * ash pan * ash pit * ash stand * ashcan * ashen * ashtray * ashy * the AshesVerb
(es)- I dried the extracted leather very slowly on the steam bath
- The inorganic material left after ashing lung tissue specimens not only contains inhaled particles but also very large quantities of inorganic residue derived from the tissue itself.
- Ash and silica contents of the plant material were determined by classical gravimetric techniques. Tissue samples were ashed in platinum crucibles at about 500 °C, and the ash was treated repeatedly with 6 N hydrochloric acid to remove other mineral impurities.
- A 10-g food sample was dried, then ashed , and analyzed for salt (NaCl) content by the Mohr titration method (AgNO3 + Cl ? AgCl). The weight of the dried sample was 2g, and the ashed sample weight was 0.5g.
- Last spring, after I planted, I took what ashes I have saved during the last year, and put on my corn
- After the corn was planted, upon acre A, I spread broadcast one hundred bushels of lime, (cost $3) and fifty bushels of ashes, (cost $6.)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) asshe, from (etyl) ).Noun
- The ash''' trees are dying off due to emerald '''ash borer.
- The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.
Derived terms
* mountain ash * poison ash * prickly ashSynonyms
* (tree) ash treeSee also
* * YggdrasilAnagrams
* * *hash
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(es)- I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef.
- Oh! no, not Naylor's--the girls have made a hash there, as they do everything else; but we will settle her before they come out again.
- I cannot bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session.
- Most hashes are planned as family affairs, with a shorter "puppy" trail laid for the children.
Synonyms
* (result generated by hash function) checksumDerived terms
* * * * * *Adjective
(en adjective)- The Colonel, himself, was great at making hash mutton, hot-pot, curry, and pillau.
Derived terms
* hash browns * hash function * hashhouse * hash table * hash map * hashing * hash coding * hash key * hash value * hashtagVerb
(es)- In like manner, we shall represent human nature at first to the keen appetite of our reader, in that more plain and simple manner in which it is found in the country, and shall hereafter hash and ragoo it with all the high French and Italian seasoning of affectation and vice which courts and cities afford.
- We need to quickly hash up some plans.