Smear vs Squash - What's the difference?
smear | squash |
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
To become spread by smearing.
To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
A mark made by smearing.
(medicine) A Pap smear.
A false attack.
A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
A rough glissando in jazz music.
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
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(British) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
(obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
(obsolete, countable, pejorative) Something unripe or soft.
(obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
(intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
(countable) A plant and its fruit of five species of the genus Cucurbita , or gourd kind.
# Cucurbita maxima , including , and some varieties of pumpkins.
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# Cucurbita moschata , butternut squash, .
# Cucurbita pepo , most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
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The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
(obsolete, zoo, countable) Muskrat.
* Dampier
In transitive terms the difference between squash and smear
is that squash is to beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush while smear is to damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.smear
English
Verb
(en verb)- The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
- She smeared her lips with lipstick.
- ''The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.
- The paint is still wet — don't touch it or it will smear .
Synonyms
* spread * (have a substance smeared on) coat, cover, layerDerived terms
* smearerNoun
(en noun)- This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears .
- I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear .
Synonyms
* (mark) streak * (Pap smear) Pap smear, Pap testDerived terms
* cervical smear * smear campaign * smear caseAnagrams
* * * * English ergative verbssquash
English
(wikipedia squash)Etymology 1
From (etyl) squachen, from (etyl) esquasser, + .Noun
(wikipedia squash)citation
- When I'm thirsty I drink squash ; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
- It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "squash")Derived terms
* squashable * squash ball * squash court * squash player * squash racketSee also
* racketballVerb
(es)- Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.
- We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "squash")Derived terms
* squash up * squashy * squishEtymology 2
Shortening of askutasquash , (etyl) ("[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)"). (Cucurbita)Noun
- We ate squash and green beans.
Derived terms
* ) * (Coreidae) * opo squash (Lagenaria spp. ) * winter squash * summer squashEtymology 3
shortening of musquashNoun
(es)- The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.