different between mushy vs gushy

English

Etymology

From mush +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??i/, /?m??i/

• Rhymes: -??i

• Rhymes: -??i

Adjective

mushy (comparative mushier or more mushy, superlative mushiest or most mushy)

1. Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular.

   I don't especially like mushy oatmeal.

2. Soft; squishy.

   The brake pedal is mushy sometimes when I step on it.

3. Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; maudlin.

   Skip the mushy, romantic scenes and get to the action.

   • 1948, The American Magazine (volume 145, page 122)

     I am sure the hostess will leave off her list men and women who usually drink too much, the woman who gets mushy and tries to steal all the handsomest husbands, the man who offensively would take this opportunity to try to build up sales contacts, […]

Related terms

• mushy peas

Translations

English

Etymology

gush +? -y

Adjective

gushy (comparative gushier, superlative gushiest)

1. Gushing; effusive and often emotional.
2. (uncommon) Tending to gush, to produce a large flow of liquid.
   • 1994, Houghton Mifflin Company, Insight, Insight Guides, Insight Guide Hawaii, Insight Guides (?ISBN)

     Spouting water: Early Hawaiians named this l l/2-mile strip of coast Waikiki, or “spouting water,” its inland part a swamp nurtured by descending mountain streams and gushy spring waters. As early as the 1400s, Hawaiians utilized this water ...

   • 2007, Rechella, Players Got Played, Kensington Books (?ISBN), page 112:

     Off with my beige bikini set, then he parted my legs and went straight for for the gushy pussy and gushy it was. I was seeping like a loose faucet.

   • 2015, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Speaks Volume 1, Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division (?ISBN):

     Just as underground water wells up in a gushy spring, when a bore is sunk down to that depth, […]

Related terms

• gushiness
• gushily (adverb)

References

• Merriam-Webster Online