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Freshet vs Freshen - What's the difference?

freshet | freshen |

As a noun freshet

is a flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.

As a verb freshen is

to become fresh.

freshet

English

(wikipedia freshet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
  • * 1831', Log after log is hauled to the bank of the river, and in a short time their first raft is made on the shore and loaded with cordwood. When the next '''freshet sets it afloat, it is secured by long grapevines or cables until, the proper time being arrived, the husband and sons embark on it and float down the mighty stream. —
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  • (poetic) A small stream, especially one flowing into the sea.
  • * 1936', Between the kerbs and the snow-banks a '''freshet''' of clear blue water rises. Within me a '''freshet that chokes the narrow gorge of my veins. — Henry Miller, ''Black Spring
  • * 1959', We may find a dozen big catfish lying in the belly of the net, or a couple of walleyed pike, or some other kind of fresh-water fish. A '''freshet brought them down, and they were making their way back up the river, and they hit the net." — Joseph Mitchell, ''The Rivermen

    • freshen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become fresh.
    • I'm going to go freshen up.
  • To make fresh.
  • *
    • So go and freshen' yourself up, Amy; go and ' freshen yourself up, like a good girl.
  • (of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving.
  • * 1919 January, in The Chenango County Farm Bureau News , volume 5, number 1, page 7:
    • For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugune Gibson, Smyrna.
  • To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
    • to freshen water, fish, or flesh
  • To refresh; to revive.
    • (Spenser)
  • (nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
    • to freshen a hawse
    (Totten)
  • To top up (a drink).
    • English ergative verbs