Rush vs Torrent - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between rush and torrent

is that rush is any of several stiff aquatic or marsh plants of the genus Juncus, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers while torrent is a violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

As verbs the difference between rush and torrent

is that rush is to hurry; to perform a task with great haste while torrent is to download in a torrent.

As adjectives the difference between rush and torrent

is that rush is performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure while torrent is rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

As a proper noun Rush

is {{surname|A=An|English occupational|from=occupations}} for someone who made things from rushes.

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.

torrent

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) torrent

Noun

(en noun)

A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

* (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

The roaring torrent is deep and wide.

* {{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.

(figurative) A large amount or stream of something.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian

, title= Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis , passage=A new stream of migrants is leaving the continent. It threatens to become a torrent if the debt crisis continues to worsen.}}

* {{quote-book, passage=The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor ...

, title=, author=Alfred Noyes, year=1906}}

Derived terms

* torrential * torrentiality * torrentially

Adjective

(en adjective)

Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

* Milton

Waves of torrent fire.

Etymology 2

From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent).

Noun

(en noun)

(Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.

I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; I'm not sure why.

Verb

(en verb)

(internet slang) To download in a torrent.

The video rental place didn't have the film I was after, but I managed to torrent it.

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