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Bish vs Bosh - What's the difference?

bish | bosh |

In lang=en terms the difference between bish and bosh

is that bish is bishop while bosh is a surname.

As an abbreviation bish

is bishop.

As an interjection bosh is

an expression of disbelief or annoyance.

As a proper noun Bosh is

a surname.

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

    • bosh

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Entered into popular usage in English from the novels of .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, British) Nonsense.
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    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (chiefly, British) An expression of disbelief or annoyance.
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    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (es)
  • The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.

    • Etymology 3

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • (British, chiefly, Norfolk, slang, archaic) A figure.
    • to cut a bosh — "to make a figure"

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (British) An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.
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    • Synonyms
    * bish bash bosh

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