different between hush vs relaxation

English

Etymology

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/, /h??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

hush (third-person singular simple present hushes, present participle hushing, simple past and past participle hushed)

1. (intransitive) To become quiet.
2. (transitive) To make quiet.
3. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
   • 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv'd

     Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?

   • And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

4. (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.

Translations

Noun

hush (uncountable)

1. A silence, especially after some noise
2. A mining method using water

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Huhs

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English hush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/
• Hyphenation: hush

Interjection

hush

1. there, there (calm somebody)

Verb

hush

1. be quiet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relaxatio, relaxationis; equivalent to relax +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ilæk?se???n/, /???læk?se???n/

Noun

relaxation (countable and uncountable, plural relaxations)

1. The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
2. A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.

   relaxation of the soft palate

3. Remission or abatement of rigor.
4. Remission of attention or application.

   relaxation of efforts

5. Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
6. (physics) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
7. (music) The release following musical tension.

Derived terms

• dielectric relaxation
• letter of relaxation

Related terms

• relax
• relaxable
• relaxant
• relaxate
• relaxative

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References

• relaxation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.