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Pushing vs Gushing - What's the difference?

pushing | gushing |

As verbs the difference between pushing and gushing

is that pushing is while gushing is .

As adjectives the difference between pushing and gushing

is that pushing is that pushes forward; pressing, driving while gushing is flowing forth suddenly or violently.

As nouns the difference between pushing and gushing

is that pushing is the act by which something is pushed while gushing is the act or motion of something that gushes.

pushing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Dealing illicit drugs, especially to minors.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
  • Aggressively assertive; pushy.
  • *1890 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.XV:
  • *:Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is pushed.

    • Anagrams

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    gushing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Flowing forth suddenly or violently.
  • Inclined to gush; effusive.
    • a gushing tourist

    Derived terms

    * gushingly * gushingness

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or motion of something that gushes.
  • * 1866 , George Wyard
    • Oh, then what gushings forth of living water are seen to flow out from the smitten Rock!