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Massage vs Champissage - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between massage and champissage

is that massage is the action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches while Champissage is a form of Indian head massage, supposed to release pent-up negative energies.

As a verb massage

is to rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).

massage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
  • Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * erotic massage * massager * massage parlour, massage parlor * massage therapist * massotherapy

    Verb

    (massag)
  • To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
  • To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 118:
  • News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...].
  • * 2008 , Patrick Wintour & Steven Morris, The Guardian , May 22 2008, p. 3:
  • The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 [...]
  • To falsify (data or accounts).
  • champissage

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia Champissage)
  • (trademark) A form of Indian head massage, supposed to release pent-up negative energies.