Onset vs Push - What's the difference?

Onset is a synonym of push.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between onset and push

is that onset is (obsolete) to set about; to begin while push is (obsolete) to thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

As nouns the difference between onset and push

is that onset is a rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army while push is a short, directed application of force; an act of pushing or push can be (obsolete|uk|dialect) a pustule; a pimple.

As verbs the difference between onset and push

is that onset is (obsolete) to assault; to set upon while push is (intransitive) to apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

onset

English

Noun

(en noun)

A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare),

The onset and retire / Of both your armies.

* (rfdate) (William Wordsworth),

Who on that day the word of onset gave.

(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.

(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.

(acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.

(obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.

* (rfdate) (Francis Bacon),

There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

(obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}

(Shakespeare)

(Johnson)

Verb

(obsolete) To assault; to set upon.

(obsolete) To set about; to begin.

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs

push

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) ).

Verb

(es)

(intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.

You need to push quite hard to get this door open.

To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.

* Jonathan Swift

We are pushed for an answer.

* Spectator

Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour to the actor.

To press or urge forward; to drive.

to push''' an objection too far; to '''push one's luck

* Dryden

to push his fortune

To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).

Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.

They're pushing that perfume again.

There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.

(informal) To approach; to come close to.

My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.

He's pushing sixty.'' (= ''he's nearly sixty years old )

To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.

During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push .

To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.

To make a higher bid at an auction.

(poker) To make an all-in bet.

(chess) To move (a pawn) directly forward.

(computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.

* 1992 , Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)

When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

(obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

* Bible, Exodus xxi. 32

If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, the ox shall be stoned.

To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.

Synonyms

* to press, to shove, to thrutch * (continue to attempt to persuade) to press, to urge * (continue to promote) to press, to advertise, to promote * (come close to) to approach, to near * to press, to shove, to thring * (tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents) to bear down

Antonyms

* (apply a force to something so it moves away) to draw, to pull, to tug * (put onto a stack) to pop

Derived terms

* pedal pushers * push around * push-bike * pushful * push in * push off * push one's luck * pushover * push someone's buttons * push it * push-up * pushy

Noun

(es)

A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.

Give the door a hard push if it sticks.

An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.

One more push and the baby will be out.

A great effort (to do something).

Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.

Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.

(military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.

A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score

(computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.

(Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request, as in server push'', ''push technology .

(dated) A crowd or throng or people

* 1891 , Banjo Paterson,

Till some wild, excited person

Galloped down the township cursing,

"Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson,

Roll up, Dandaloo!"

Derived terms

* give someone the push

Etymology 2

Probably (etyl) poche. See pouch.

Noun

(es)

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.

(Francis Bacon)

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