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Rushing vs Pushing - What's the difference?

rushing | pushing |

As verbs the difference between rushing and pushing

is that rushing is present participle of lang=en while pushing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between rushing and pushing

is that rushing is a rapid surging motion while pushing is the act by which something is pushed.

As an adjective pushing is

that pushes forward; pressing, driving.

rushing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rapid surging motion.
  • * 1841 , Alexander Tweedie, William Wood Gerhard, A system of practical medicine

    • 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
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  • *: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.

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