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Hush vs Kush - What's the difference?

hush | kush |

As nouns the difference between hush and kush

is that hush is a silence, especially after some noise while kush is marijuana, or a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.

As a verb hush

is to become quiet.

As a proper noun Kush is

Cannabis indica, especially strains with high THC content.

hush

English

Verb

(es)
  • to become quiet
  • to make quiet
  • To appease; to allay; to soothe.
  • * Otway
  • Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?
  • * Tennyson
  • And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A silence, especially after some noise
  • * Byron
  • It is the hush of night.
    (Byron)
  • A mining method using water
  • Derived terms

    * hush money * hush puppy * hush up * hushaby * husher * hushful * hush-hire * hush-hush * hush-shop English ergative verbs ----

    kush

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Marijuana, or a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
  • * 2013 , Kevin Donovan, “ Rob Ford: Gang members targeted mayor in blackmail plot, police documents say”, in the star.com , Dec. 4:
  • Later in the day, Siyad is heard on a wiretap telling another man that he received “1.5 of kush'” (slang for marijuana) from “Rob Ford’s driver.” Later Siyad tells another person, a woman, that what he received was actually “Rob Ford’s ' kush .”
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