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Bash vs Bish - What's the difference?

bash | bish |

As an acronym bash

is (computing) name of the (the "shell") for unix-like operating system.

As a noun bish is

(british|slang) a mistake.

As an abbreviation bish is

(chess) bishop.

bash

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), akin to Swedish .

Verb

(es)
  • To strike heavily.
  • To collide.
  • To criticize harshly.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A large party; gala event.
    • They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
  • An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.

    • Derived terms

    * bashment

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m). See (abash).

    Verb

  • To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
  • * Spenser
    • His countenance was bold and bashed not.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * *

    References

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    bish

    English

    Noun

    (bishes)
  • (British, slang) A mistake.
  • * 1952 , , Jennings and Darbishire , London; Glasgow : Collins, page 64:
    • "You — you don't mean you've made a bish of it?" [said Darbishire]
  • * 1951 , , Jennings Follows a Clue , ISBN 0-7551-1366-7, page 41:
    • What on earth was the matter with him? He never made bishes like this during PT!

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (chess) bishop
  • (archaic, or, slang) bishop