Rush vs Fleet - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between rush and fleet

is that rush is (computing) a dialect of the language while fleet is the stream that ran where fleet street now runs.

rush

English

(wikipedia rush)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rusch, risch, from (etyl) rysc, risc, from (etyl) ).

Noun

(rushes)

Any of several stiff aquatic or marsh plants of the genus Juncus , having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers.

The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

The merest trifle; a straw.

* (rfdate) (Arbuthnot)

John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush .

Etymology 2

Perhaps from (etyl) ruschen, . More at (l). (etymology note) An alternative etymology traces rush'' via (etyl) . Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of (etyl) russher, , although connection to the same (etyl) root is also possible. More at ''rouse .

Noun

(rushes)

A sudden forward motion.

* Sir H. Wotton

A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush , severed him from the duke.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.

A surge.

General haste.

A rapid, noisy flow.

(military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.

(contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.

A rusher; a lineman.

the center rush , whose place is in the center of the rush line

A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

(US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities]] and [[sorority, sororities.

(US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.

(croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

Derived terms

* adrenalin rush * bum's rush * rush goalie * rush hour * rush job * sugar rush

Verb

(es)

To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

* (Thomas Sprat) (1635–1730)

Theynever think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal

, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}

(label) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.

* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)

, chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}

To dribble rapidly.

To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.

(label) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.

To make a swift or sudden attack.

(label) To swiftly attach to without warning.

(label) To transport or carry quickly.

To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.

To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

Synonyms

* See also

Adjective

(-)

Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

a rush job

Usage notes

Used only before a noun.

fleet

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

A group of vessels or vehicles.

Any group of associated items.

* 2004 , Jim Hoskins, Building an on Demand Computing Environment with IBM

This is especially true in distributed printing environments, where a fleet of printers is shared by users on a network.

(nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

(nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.

Etymology 2

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide. cognate to Low German fleet

* Matthewes

Together wove we nets to entrap the fish / In floods and sedgy fleets .

(nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

Derived terms

* Fleet * fleet in being * Fleet Street * merchant fleet

Etymology 3

From (etyl)

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To float.

[Antony] "Our sever'd navy too,
Have knit again, and fleet, threat'ning most sea-like."'' -- Shakespeare, ''Antony and Cleopatra

To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of

a ship that fleets the gulf

(Spenser)

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy

* Shakespeare

Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly.

And so through this dark world they fleet / Divided, till in death they meet;'' -- Percy Shelley, ''Rosalind and Helen .

(nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.

(Totten)

(nautical, obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.

To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

To take the cream from; to skim.

Adjective

(en-adj)

(literary) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble; fast.

* Milton

In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.

* 1908:

(uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

(Mortimer)