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Cushioned vs Pouf - What's the difference?

cushioned | pouf |

As a verb cushioned

is (cushion).

As a noun pouf is

(historical) a headdress for women popular in 18th century france.

As an interjection pouf is

onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.

cushioned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cushion)

    • cushion

    English

    (wikipedia cushion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 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. […]”}}
  • * , chapter=12
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
  • # 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.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 3, author=Arindam Rej, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= 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.}}
  • (obsolete) A riotous dance, formerly common at weddings.
    • (Halliwell)

    See also

    * pillow * squab

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To furnish with cushions.
    • to cushion a sofa
  • To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
  • * Bolingbroke
    • Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity.
  • To absorb or deaden the impact of.
    • to cushion a blow
  • To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

    • pouf

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pouf, (pouff), of imitative origin; compare (puff).

    Alternative forms

    * pouffe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
  • A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 10, author=Katie Thomas, title=The Poodle Can’t Talk Now; She’s in With Her Stylist, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Hosaka, nearly everyone agrees, is a master of detail, an artist who tends his poodles’ poufs as if they were bonsai trees from his native Japan.}}
  • (dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
  • A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
  • * 1922 , , Asphodel :
    • The voice came from the end of the divan but Hermione, seated square before the fire on a low pouffe did not turn to face its suave producer.
  • * 1948 , (John Creasey), The Case Against Paul Raeburn :
    • Raeburn's handsome head was resting against the back of his chair; Eve sat on a pouf in front of the fire.
  • * 1971 , ‘Slaughter at the Summer Palace’, Time , 26 Aug 1971:
    • Italian Ambassador Amedeo Guillet, who makes it a practice never to eat at midday, lounged on a Moroccan pouf reading The Peter Principle .
  • A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
  • A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.) .
  • (dated) A small saddle cushion worn atop the buttocks (as a fashion trend – similar to a bustle) .
    • Synonyms
    * (homosexual) horse's hoof (cockney rhyming slang), poofta; pooftah; poofter; poof

    Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Alternative forms

    poof

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
    • Pouf , he was gone.

    Anagrams

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