Buss vs Buzz - What's the difference?
buss | buzz |
(archaic) A kiss.
*
A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
* Macaulay
To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
* c. 1616 , Shakespeare, King John , (1623) iii, iv p35:
* 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 189:
* 2007 , Fiddlehead, Winter 61 :
To kiss.
* 2007 , James Isaiah Gabbe, LaRue's Maneuvers , Chapter 10, LaRue, The Blue Light, p259-60:
A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
A whisper.
The audible friction of voice consonants.
(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
(informal) A telephone call.
(informal, preceded by the) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
* 2006 Sept. 6, Daren Fonda, "
To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
* Longfellow
* 1922 , , Fantasia of the Unconscious , ch. 2:
# (by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
#* Shakespeare
# (chiefly, of an insect) To fly while making such a sound.
#* 1897 , , ch. 20:
To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
* Shakespeare
To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
(aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.
* 2013 , The Economist,
To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
* 2012 , Ellen Hartman, Out of Bounds (page 130)
In transitive terms the difference between buss and buzz
is that buss is to kiss (either literally or figuratively) while buzz is to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.In intransitive terms the difference between buss and buzz
is that buss is to kiss while buzz is to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.buss
English
Noun
(es)- Here he gave Jones a hearty buss , shook him by the hand, and took his leave.
- The Dutch whalers and herring busses .
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(es)- I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife.
- As the repatriated explorer dodges down to buss the earth […] he is so thoroughly caught up in the rhapsody of the moment that he fails to take into account the traffic behind him.
- Sam...really was six-ten and his head bussed the ceiling.
- In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled.
Anagrams
* ----buzz
English
Noun
(es)- Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.
Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"," Time :
- In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW.
Verb
(es)- Like a wasp it buzzed , and stung him.
- So that now the universe has escaped from the pin which was pushed through it, like an impaled fly vainly buzzing , we can hope also to escape.
- However these disturbers of our peace / Buzz in the people's ears.
- The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.
- I will buzz abroad such prophecies / That Edward shall be fearful of his life.
Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth
- an asteroid a mere 15-20 metres across exploded with the force of a medium-sized atom bomb over Chelyabinsk, in Russia, and another, much larger one buzzed Earth a few hours later.
- Deacon said, “You used to beg me to let you buzz your hair when you were little.” “And then I grew up and realized how awful you looked when you buzzed yours.”