Crush vs Slash - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between crush and slash

is that crush is a violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin while slash is a swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.

As verbs the difference between crush and slash

is that crush is to press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass while slash is to cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.

As a conjunction slash is

Used to connect two or more identities in a list.

crush
English
(wikipedia crush)
Noun
(es)
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

* Addison

the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

Crowd which produces uncomfortable pressure.

A crush at a reception.

A violent crowding

A crowd control barrier

A short-lived infatuation or affection for.

The human object of infatuation or affection.

* 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

It had taken nine years from the evening that first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush .

A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling

A party, festive function

* 1890 ch 1

Two months ago I went to a crush at Lady Brandon's.

(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in.

Derived terms
* crush hat * crush room * girl crush * man crush
Verb
(es)
To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass.

to crush grapes

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, crushed , broken or cut. --Lev. xxii.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.

to crush quartz

* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 1

With a wild scream he was upon her, tearing a great piece from her side with his mighty teeth, and striking her viciously upon her head and shoulders with a broken tree limb until her skull was crushed to a jelly.

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

''After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections

To oppress or burden grievously.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.

* Sir Walter Scott

speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

an eggshell crushes easily

To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.

She's crushing on him.

(sports) to defeat emphatically

* {{quote-news
, year=2011 , date=November 11 , author=Rory Houston , title=Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland , work=RTE Sport citation , page= , passage=A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.}}
Derived terms
* crusher * crushing * crush on * crush out * crushed sugar * crushed velvet
References
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slash
English

Noun
(es)
A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.

A swift striking movement.

* {{quote-news
, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out. }}
The symbol , also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke, virgule. Also sometimes known as a forward slash, particularly in computing.

(British, slang) A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate

Excuse me, I need to take a slash

Slash fiction.

* 2013 , Katherine Arcement, "Diary", London Review of Books , vol. 35, no. 5:

Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names).

(vulgar, slang) The female genitalia

(ice hockey) A quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across the arms or legs.

(US, dialect) swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes

(Bartlett)

(forestry) Coarse, fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through wind, snow, etc.

Slash generated during logging operations may increase fire hazard.

(fashion) An opening in an item of clothing to show skin or a contrasting fabric underneath.

Derived terms
* backslash * foreslash * forward slash * frontslash * front slash * slashable * slashy
See also
(punctuation)
Verb
(es)
To cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.

(ice hockey) to strike laterally with a hockey stick. usually across the legs or arms

to reduce sharply

Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash output by 2 million barrels per day.

The department store slashed its prices to attract customers.

To lash with a whip.

(King)

To crack or snap (e.g. a whip).

Derived terms
slash pile
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)

I'm a teacher slash student.

I think I'm having hallucinations slash someone is playing tricks on me

See also
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "slash") English coordinating conjunctions