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Buss vs Fuss - What's the difference?

buss | fuss |

As a noun buss

is (archaic) a kiss.

As a verb buss

is to kiss (either literally or figuratively).

As an adjective fuss is

willing.

buss

English

Noun

(es)
  • (archaic) A kiss.
  • *
    • Here he gave Jones a hearty buss , shook him by the hand, and took his leave.
  • A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
  • * Macaulay
    • The Dutch whalers and herring busses .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (es)
  • To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
  • * c. 1616 , Shakespeare, King John , (1623) iii, iv p35:
    • I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife.
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 189:
    • 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.
  • * 2007 , Fiddlehead, Winter 61 :
    • Sam...really was six-ten and his head bussed the ceiling.
  • To kiss.
  • * 2007 , James Isaiah Gabbe, LaRue's Maneuvers , Chapter 10, LaRue, The Blue Light, p259-60:
    • In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled.

    Anagrams

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    fuss

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
  • * (Thomas Carlyle) (1795-1881)
    • zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke
  • # A complaint or noise.
  • # An exhibition of affection or admiration.
  • One who is unduly anxious about trifles.
  • * (1837-1920)
    • I am a fuss and I don't deny it.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
    • His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.
  • To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
    • Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.
  • (especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.

    • Usage notes

    * Generally used with with, over, or about.

    Verb

    (head)
  • To show affection for, especially animals.
  • To pet.
    • He fussed the cat.

    Derived terms

    * fussy * fuss and bother * no muss no fuss

    References