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Easing vs Pushing - What's the difference?

easing | pushing |

As verbs the difference between easing and pushing

is that easing is while pushing is .

As nouns the difference between easing and pushing

is that easing is the act by which something is eased while pushing is the act by which something is pushed.

As an adjective pushing is

that pushes forward; pressing, driving.

easing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is eased.
  • * 1978 , Jack Vance, The View from Chickweed's Window
    • Then everyone moved at the same time — slight shiftings of the hands and feet, furtive easings of position.

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    pushing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Dealing illicit drugs, especially to minors.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
  • Aggressively assertive; pushy.
  • *1890 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.XV:
  • *:Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair
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  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is pushed.

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