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Ush vs Ish - What's the difference?

ush | ish |

As verbs the difference between ush and ish

is that ush is to usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort while ish is eye dialect of lang=en.

As an adverb ish is

somewhat, reasonably, fairly.

As a noun ish is

the name of the letter which stands for the sh sound {{IPA|/ʃ/|lang=en}} in Pitman shorthand.

As a proper noun Ish is

a diminutive of the male given name Ishmael.

ush

English

Verb

(es)
  • (colloquial, rare, transitive, and, intransitive) To usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort.
  • * 2000 , Jonathan Pearce, John-Browne's Body and Sole: A Semester of Life , BalonaBooks (2006), ISBN 978-0-9765479-6-9, page 142:
    • And she is Mrs. Freundlich’s dear friend, so old Mark, who was acting as usher, ushed her and Mrs. Preene to seats right up in front next to Claire so Mrs. Shaw could scope out everything I did.

    ish

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (is)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    From the suffix (-ish).

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) somewhat, reasonably, fairly
    • "How was the film?" "It was good, ish ."
    The exam went well, ish .
  • (colloquial) about, approximately
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    • Synonyms
    * around, near, nearly, almost, about, loosely, roughly, close to

    Etymology 3

    : From Pitman ess'' and ''eff , which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.

    Noun

    (ishes)
  • The name of the letter which stands for the sh sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * esh, the IPA letter for the same sound * zhee

    Etymology 4

    Phonetic spelling of the .

    Noun

    (ishes)
  • (dated, fandom slang) An instalment of a periodical; an issue.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1939 , date = August 5 , first = "Bob" , last = Tucker , authorlink = Wilson Tucker , magazine = , url = http://www.midamericon.org/tucker/lez10c.htm , page = 3 , issue = 10 , passage = "A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS" DEPT: Fantasy Digest says in it's(sic) latest ish : Quote: Some unpleasantness was caused when Don Wollheim and his brother Futurians were not allowed in the Convention Hall. Unquote. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1961 , date = July , first = George H. , last = Scithers , authorlink = George H. Scithers , magazine = Amra , url = , volume = 2 , issue = 16 , page = 2 , passage = Next ish : a guide to who is who of the Howard heroes in the centerspread. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1967 , date = June , first = Drake , last = Maynard , authorlink = , magazine = , url = , volume = 17 , issue = 6 , page = 160 , passage = My sincerest apologies to Brother Ron Smith in the December ish . }}
    Derived terms
    * annish * thish

    Anagrams

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    References

    * (Periodical) * (Periodical)