Trip vs Rush - What's the difference?

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Trip is a related term of rush.

As a noun trip

is trip.

As a proper noun rush is

(computing) a dialect of the language.

trip

English

Noun

(en noun)

A journey; an excursion or jaunt.

* (Alexander Pope)

I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.

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A stumble or misstep.

(figurative) An error; a failure; a mistake.

* (John Milton)

Imperfect words, with childish trips .

* Harte

Each seeming trip , and each digressive start.

A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

A faux pas, a social error.

Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

(engineering) A mechanical or electrical cutout device.

A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

* Sir (Walter Scott)

His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door.

(obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

* (Geoffrey Chaucer)

A trip of cheese.

The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.

* (John Dryden)

And watches with a trip his foe to foil.

* South

It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.

(nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.

(obsolete) A troop of men; a host.

(Robert of Brunne)

A flock of wigeons.

(Webster 1913)

Derived terms

* bad trip * boat trip * business trip * day trip * ego trip * fam trip * field trip * guilt trip * head trip * power trip * road trip * round trip * trip down memory lane * trip hop * trippy * trip to the woodshed

Verb

To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.

Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.

To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.

A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5

Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.

To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc.

* John Locke

till his tongue trip

* South

A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.

* Dryden

Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip , but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure.

(obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

* Shakespeare

These her women can trip me if I err.

To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.

When we get into the factory, trip the lights.

To be activated, as by a signal or an event.

The alarm system tripped , throwing everyone into a panic.

To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.

After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.

To journey, to make a trip.

Last summer we tripped to the coast.

(dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.

* Milton

Come, and trip it, as you go, / On the light fantastic toe.

* Dryden

She bounded by, and tripped so light / They had not time to take a steady sight.

(nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.

(nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

Derived terms

* trip out * trip over * tripper * trip the light fantastic * trip up * tripwire

Adjective

(-)

(poker slang) Of or relating to .

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rush

English

(wikipedia rush)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rusch, risch, from (etyl) rysc, risc, from (etyl) ).

Noun

(rushes)

Any of several stiff aquatic or marsh plants of the genus Juncus , having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers.

The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

The merest trifle; a straw.

* (rfdate) (Arbuthnot)

John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush .

Etymology 2

Perhaps from (etyl) ruschen, . More at (l). (etymology note) An alternative etymology traces rush'' via (etyl) . Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of (etyl) russher, , although connection to the same (etyl) root is also possible. More at ''rouse .

Noun

(rushes)

A sudden forward motion.

* Sir H. Wotton

A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush , severed him from the duke.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.

A surge.

General haste.

A rapid, noisy flow.

(military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.

(contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.

A rusher; a lineman.

the center rush , whose place is in the center of the rush line

A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

(US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities]] and [[sorority, sororities.

(US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.

(croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

Derived terms

* adrenalin rush * bum's rush * rush goalie * rush hour * rush job * sugar rush

Verb

(es)

To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

* (Thomas Sprat) (1635–1730)

Theynever think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal

, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}

(label) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.

* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)

, chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}

To dribble rapidly.

To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.

(label) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.

To make a swift or sudden attack.

(label) To swiftly attach to without warning.

(label) To transport or carry quickly.

To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.

To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

Synonyms

* See also

Adjective

(-)

Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

a rush job

Usage notes

Used only before a noun.