Lush vs Mush - What's the difference?
lush | mush |
(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
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(slang, of food) Luxuriant, delicious.
(British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
(British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
(pejorative) Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
Intoxicating liquor.
To drink liquor to excess.
To drink (liquor) to excess.
(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.
In intransitive terms the difference between lush and mush
is that lush is to drink liquor to excess while mush is to walk, especially across the snow with dogs.In transitive terms the difference between lush and mush
is that lush is to drink (liquor) to excess while mush is to notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.As an adjective lush
is lax; slack; limp; flexible.As an interjection mush is
a directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.lush
English
(wikipedia lush)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Related to (m). More at (l), (l).Adjective
(er)- 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.
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.}}
- That meal was lush ! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!
- Boys with long hair are lush !
- Your voice is lush , Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
Etymology 2
Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from (etyl) .An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (ISBN 0486122867)Noun
(es)Verb
(es)Derived terms
* lushing * lusherReferences
Anagrams
* (l)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