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Squash vs Syrups - What's the difference?

squash | syrups |

As nouns the difference between squash and syrups

is that squash is (uncountable) a sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets or squash can be (countable) a plant and its fruit of five species of the genus cucurbita , or gourd kind or squash can be (obsolete|zoo|countable) muskrat while syrups is .

As a verb squash

is to beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

squash

English

(wikipedia squash)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) squachen, from (etyl) esquasser, + .

Noun

(wikipedia squash)
  • (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
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  • , passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash -racket against a wall.}}
  • (British) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
  • When I'm thirsty I drink squash ; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
  • A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
  • It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
  • (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.
  • Derived terms
    * squashable * squash ball * squash court * squash player * squash racket
    See also
    * racketball

    Verb

    (es)
  • To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
  • (intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
  • 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.
    Derived terms
    * squash up * squashy * squish

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of askutasquash , (etyl) ("[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)"). (Cucurbita)

    Noun

  • (countable) A plant and its fruit of five species of the genus Cucurbita , or gourd kind.
  • # Cucurbita maxima , including , and some varieties of pumpkins.
  • # .
  • # Cucurbita moschata , butternut squash, .
  • # Cucurbita pepo , most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
  • #
  • The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
  • We ate squash and green beans.
    Derived terms
    * ) * (Coreidae) * opo squash (Lagenaria spp. ) * winter squash * summer squash

    Etymology 3

    shortening of musquash

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete, zoo, countable) Muskrat.
  • * Dampier
  • The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.
    ----

    syrups

    English

    Noun

    (head)