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Ravishing vs Lush - What's the difference?

ravishing | lush |

As adjectives the difference between ravishing and lush

is that ravishing is extremely beautiful while lush is lax; slack; limp; flexible.

As verbs the difference between ravishing and lush

is that ravishing is present participle of lang=en while lush is to drink liquor to excess.

As nouns the difference between ravishing and lush

is that ravishing is an act of ravishment while lush is drunkard, sot, alcoholic.

As a proper noun Lush is

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ravishing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely beautiful
  • Every time I get into a conversation with this ravishing girl, I want it to last forever.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of ravishment.
  • 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!

    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)