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Lush vs Hush - What's the difference?

lush | hush |

In intransitive terms the difference between lush and hush

is that lush is to drink liquor to excess while hush is to become quiet.

In transitive terms the difference between lush and hush

is that lush is to drink (liquor) to excess while hush is to appease; to allay; to soothe.

As an adjective lush

is lax; slack; limp; flexible.

As a proper noun Lush

is {{surname|lang=en}.

lush

English

(wikipedia lush)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Related to (m). More at (l), (l).

Adjective

(er)
  • (obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
  • (dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned.
  • (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life.
  • * 2006 , Stefani Jackenthal, New York Times
    • Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems. Chock-full of waterfalls and hot springs, bright-colored birds and howling monkeys, flora-lined trails cut through thick, fragrant forests and up cloud-covered mountains.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=The Fraught History of a Watery World , volume=101, issue=1, page=59 , magazine= citation , passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}
  • (slang, of food) Luxuriant, delicious.
    • That meal was lush ! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!
  • (British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
    • Boys with long hair are lush !
  • (British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
    • Your voice is lush , Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
    Related terms
    * lushly * lushness * luscious

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from (etyl) .An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (ISBN 0486122867)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (pejorative) Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
  • Intoxicating liquor.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To drink liquor to excess.
  • To drink (liquor) to excess.
    • Derived terms
    * lushing * lusher

    References

    Anagrams

    * (l)

    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 ----