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Whist vs Hushed - What's the difference?

whist | hushed |

As adjectives the difference between whist and hushed

is that whist is silent while hushed is very quietly. In soft tones.

As verbs the difference between whist and hushed

is that whist is to hush or silence; to still while hushed is past tense of hush.

As a noun whist

is any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.

As an interjection whist

is an alternative spelling of lang=en Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh.

whist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
  • Sessions of playing the card game.

    • Derived terms

    * German whist * solo whist

    See also

    * (wikipedia "whist")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • silent

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hush or silence; to still.
    • (Spenser)
  • To become silent.
    • (Surrey)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh!
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1860 , year_published=2008 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=anonymous , title=Heroes and Hunters of the West , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=… for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist ” from the girl, warned them of present danger. }}

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    hushed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Very quietly. In soft tones.
    • So awe inspiring was the sight that we spoke only in hushed whispers.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hush)