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Hashish vs Skunk - What's the difference?

hashish | skunk |

In lang=en terms the difference between hashish and skunk

is that hashish is marijuana generally while skunk is a shorter form of skunkweed|lang=en marijuana.

As nouns the difference between hashish and skunk

is that hashish is the leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking while skunk is any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.

As a verb skunk is

to defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.

hashish

English

Alternative forms

* hasheesh

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
  • * 1855 , Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah , Dover 1964, p. 44:
    • Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh ," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.
  • * 1876: Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins
    • You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?
  • A cannabis extract (See ).
  • (slang) marijuana generally.

    • Related terms

    * hash

    Synonyms

    * See also

    skunk

    English

    (wikipedia skunk)

    Etymology 1

    At first spelt squunck, from the (etyl) name for the animal, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
  • (slang) A despicable person.
  • (slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.
  • (cribbage) A win by 30 or more points.
    • Derived terms
    * drunk as a skunk * skunky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
    • I skunked him at cards.
    We fished all day but the lake skunked us.
  • (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
  • to go bad, to spoil

    • See also

    * Mephitidae * Mephitis * * * polecat

    Etymology 2

    , influenced by the animal (Etymology 1).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
  • * 2006 , Pam Nilan, Carles Feixa, Global Youth?: Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds (page 192)
    • In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.
  • * 2011 , Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged

    • Etymology 3

    From

    Noun

  • (slang) (marijuana).
  • Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa'' and ''Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
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