Cushion vs Muffle - What's the difference?
cushion | muffle | Synonyms |
A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc.
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# A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
# A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
# (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
(figuratively) a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
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But Fulham soon had the cushion of a third goal after more outstanding build-up play.}} (obsolete) A riotous dance, formerly common at weddings.
To furnish with cushions.
To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
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To absorb or deaden the impact of.
To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up .
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* Arbuthnot
To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 397:
(dated) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
(dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
Cushion is a synonym of muffle.
As nouns the difference between cushion and muffle
is that cushion is a soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc while muffle is anything that mutes or deadens sound.As verbs the difference between cushion and muffle
is that cushion is to furnish with cushions while muffle is to wrap (a person, face etc) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up .cushion
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(wikipedia cushion)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
Fulham 4-1 Wisla Krakow, passage=Wisla made a bright start to the second half and Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer was twice called into action, first saving Gervasio Nunez's deflected 20-yard effort and then smothering Gargula's free-kick.
But Fulham soon had the cushion of a third goal after more outstanding build-up play.}}
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See also
* pillow * squabVerb
(en verb)- to cushion a sofa
- Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity.
- to cushion a blow
muffle
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(muffl)- The face lies muffled up within the garment.
- He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.
- muffled up in darkness and superstition
- to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock
- The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse.
