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Kish vs Ish - What's the difference?

kish | ish |

As proper nouns the difference between kish and ish

is that kish is an ancient city of sumer, located some 12 km east of babylon, and 80 km south of baghdad while ish is a diminutive of the male given name ishmael.

kish

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) cis, .

Noun

(es)
  • a basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf
  • :*1922 : Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds. — James Joyce, Ulysses

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) Kies gravel, pyrites.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The graphite formed incidentally in iron smelting.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    ish

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (is)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    From the suffix (-ish).

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) somewhat, reasonably, fairly
    • "How was the film?" "It was good, ish ."
    The exam went well, ish .
  • (colloquial) about, approximately
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    • Synonyms
    * around, near, nearly, almost, about, loosely, roughly, close to

    Etymology 3

    : From Pitman ess'' and ''eff , which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.

    Noun

    (ishes)
  • The name of the letter which stands for the sh sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * esh, the IPA letter for the same sound * zhee

    Etymology 4

    Phonetic spelling of the .

    Noun

    (ishes)
  • (dated, fandom slang) An instalment of a periodical; an issue.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1939 , date = August 5 , first = "Bob" , last = Tucker , authorlink = Wilson Tucker , magazine = , url = http://www.midamericon.org/tucker/lez10c.htm , page = 3 , issue = 10 , passage = "A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS" DEPT: Fantasy Digest says in it's(sic) latest ish : Quote: Some unpleasantness was caused when Don Wollheim and his brother Futurians were not allowed in the Convention Hall. Unquote. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1961 , date = July , first = George H. , last = Scithers , authorlink = George H. Scithers , magazine = Amra , url = , volume = 2 , issue = 16 , page = 2 , passage = Next ish : a guide to who is who of the Howard heroes in the centerspread. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1967 , date = June , first = Drake , last = Maynard , authorlink = , magazine = , url = , volume = 17 , issue = 6 , page = 160 , passage = My sincerest apologies to Brother Ron Smith in the December ish . }}
    Derived terms
    * annish * thish

    Anagrams

    * * *

    References

    * (Periodical) * (Periodical)