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Hushing vs Pushing - What's the difference?

hushing | pushing |

As nouns the difference between hushing and pushing

is that hushing is the use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore while pushing is the act by which something is pushed.

As verbs the difference between hushing and pushing

is that hushing is present participle of lang=en while pushing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective pushing is

that pushes forward; pressing, driving.

hushing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • 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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