Kush vs Mush - What's the difference?
kush | mush |
Marijuana, or a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
* 2013 , Kevin Donovan, “
(uncountable) A mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
(Quebecois English, slang) magic mushrooms
A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
(rural USA) cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.
A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.
A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
* 1910 , Jack London,
(British, primarily Southern England, slang) A form of address to a man.
:* "'Oy, mush ! Get out of it!'
That's what we'd say
Barging the locals
Out of the way"
— MAUREEN AND DOREEN AND NOREEN AND ME'', ''Peculiar Poems , [http://www.jclamb.com/]
:* "When I'm around it's not uncommon for someone to call me and say :'Oy mush , get your bum over here and give us a hand.'" — THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: In Which King Arthur Uther Pendragon Grants An Interview [http://arthurpendragon.ukonline.co.uk/arthur.html]
(British, primarily Northern England, slang) The face
:* "My ugly mush finally found its way onto the www, but not in the manner to which I deserved." — [http://owlfarm.pmgr.net/aspen/hst16.htm]
:* 2002:"I grew my face fungus to cover up an ugly mush ." — [http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=809]
:* "and your bird has an ugly mush " — [http://b3ta.com/board/archive/21323/]
To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.
As nouns the difference between kush and mush
is that kush is marijuana, or a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan while mush is a mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.As proper nouns the difference between kush and mush
is that kush is Cannabis indica, especially strains with high THC content while Mush is a historically Armenian city in the Turuberan province of Greater Armenia, now in eastern Turkey.As a verb mush is
to squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.As an interjection mush is
a directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.kush
English
Noun
(-)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 .”
mush
English
Etymology 1
Probably a variant of mash, or from a dialectal variant of (etyl) mos . See also .Noun
(mushes)- Mom said to add the potatoes to the mush .
Verb
- He mushed the ingredients together.
Derived terms
* apple-mush * mushySee also
* mash * mooshEtymology 2
Simple contraction of mushroom.Noun
(mushes)Synonyms
* shroom (slang)Etymology 3
From (etyl) muos and (etyl) , or any thick preparation of fruit.Noun
(-)Etymology 4
Believed to be a contraction of mush on, in turn a corruption of (etyl) , the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.Interjection
(en interjection)- When the lone cowboy saw the Indians, he yelled mush , cha, giddyup!
Noun
(mushes)Verb
- Together the two men loaded and lashed the sled. They warmed their hands for the last time, pulled on their mittens, and mushed the dogs over the bank and down to the river-trail.
Etymology 5
From (etyl) .Noun
(mushes)That's what we'd say
Barging the locals
Out of the way"
— MAUREEN AND DOREEN AND NOREEN AND ME'', ''Peculiar Poems , [http://www.jclamb.com/]
Synonyms
* (form of address to a man) mate (UK), pal (especially US) * (the face) mugReferences
*Take Our Word for ItIssue 101, accessed on 2005-05-09
