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Shush vs Smush - What's the difference?

shush | smush |

As verbs the difference between shush and smush

is that shush is (onomatopoeia|intransitive) to be quiet; to keep quiet while smush is to mash; or push; especially to push down or in; compress.

As a noun smush is

a beaten or pulverized mass.

shush

English

Verb

  • (onomatopoeia) To be quiet; to keep quiet.
    • He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.
  • (onomatopoeia, transitive, or, intransitive) To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying (m).
    • The boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him.

    See also

    * (l)

    smush

    English

    Alternative forms

    * smoosh

    Noun

    (smushes)
  • A beaten or pulverized mass.
  • An act of crushing or squeezing.
  • * 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/business/on-jammed-jets-sardines-turn-on-one-another.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):
  • *:Some carriers are taking the smush to new heights. Spirit Airlines, for instance, uses seats on some flights with the backrest permanently set back three inches. Call it, as Spirit does, “prereclined.”

    • Verb

    (es)
  • to mash; or push; especially to push down or in; compress
  • (slang, New York, US) To engage in intimate contact, especially sexual relations.
  • * 2011 . Jenni Farley "The Rules According to JWOWW"
    • Exercising can take your smushing to a whole new level. WORK OUT I am not shitting you: experts say exercise can make sex mind- blowing.
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