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Lush vs Leafy - What's the difference?

lush | leafy |

As adjectives the difference between lush and leafy

is that lush is lax; slack; limp; flexible while leafy is covered with leaves.

As a noun lush

is drunkard, sot, alcoholic.

As a verb lush

is to drink liquor to excess.

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)

    leafy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * leavy (consisting of leaves; obsolete in the sense "covered with leaves" )

    Adjective

    (er)
  • covered with leaves
    • leafy trees
  • containing much foliage
    • a leafy avenue
  • in the form of leaves (of some material)
  • resembling a leaf

    • Synonyms

    * : foliated, laminate, layered

    Derived terms

    * leafily * leafiness * leafy greens * leafy liverwort * leafy sea dragon * leafy spurge * leafy vegetable