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Bish vs Pish - What's the difference?

bish | pish |

As nouns the difference between bish and pish

is that bish is a mistake while pish is a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.

As an abbreviation bish

is bishop.

As an interjection pish is

an expression of disdain.

As a verb pish is

to try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh").

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

    • pish

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An expression of disdain.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia pish) (es)
  • A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh").
  • To express contempt.
    • 1606 - act ii, scene 1
    Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prick-ear'd cur of Iceland!

    Usage notes

    * Most commonly found in the gerund or present participle pishing .

    References

    * * Dunne, Peter (2006). The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls . ISBN 9780811732956. * Langham, G. M.; Contreras, T.A. & Sieving, K.E. (2006). Why pishing works: Titmouse (Paridae) scolds elicit a generalized response in bird communities]. Ecoscience 13 (4): 485–496. doi:10.2980/1195-6860(2006)13[485:WPWTPS2.0.CO;2

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