Thrush vs Frush - What's the difference?
thrush | frush |
Any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and American Robin have.
(US, colloquial) A female singer.
A fungal infection caused by Candida , now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.
(obsolete) To break up, smash.
* 1600 , Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book VIII, xlviii:
*:: Oft pierced through, with blood besmeared new.
* 1602 , ,
(obsolete) To charge, rush violently.
* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book V:
(historical) To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow).
(obsolete) noise; clatter; crash
The frog of a horse's foot.
A discharge of a foetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; thrush.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between thrush and frush
is that thrush is any of several species of songbirds of the family turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and american robin have or thrush can be a fungal infection caused by candida , now especially of the vagina; candidiasis while frush is (obsolete) noise; clatter; crash or frush can be the frog of a horse's foot.As a verb frush is
(obsolete|transitive) to break up, smash.As an adjective frush is
easily broken; brittle; crisp.thrush
English
(wikipedia thrush) (Turdidae)Etymology 1
From a combination of (etyl) ).Noun
(es)Derived terms
* song thrush * true thrushEtymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic Þröstur .Noun
(es)Synonyms
* candidiasisDerived terms
* oral thrushSee also
* candida * turdiformfrush
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fruissier, (froissier) ( > French froisser), from .Verb
(es)- Rinaldo's armor frush'd and hack'd they had,
- ... I like thy armour well;
- I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all
- But I'll be master of it.
- And than they fruyshed forth all at onys, of the bourelyest knyghtes that ever brake brede, with mo than fyve hondred at the formyst frunte [...].
Noun
- (Southey)