different between mushy vs smushy

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

smush +? -y

Adjective

smushy (comparative smushier, superlative smushiest)

1. Inclined to smush; squishy, wetly soft.
   • 1910, Grace Tabor, Gardner Callahan Teall, The Garden Primer

     Nasty little green things that look like lice will probably appear — beastly, soft, smushy aphids they are.

   • 2007, Frances O'Roark Dowell, Preston McDaniels, Phineas L. MacGuire... Gets Slimed!: The Second Experiment

     I found a half-full plastic milk jug with no lid and not one single lemon. There was a carton of smushy, oozing cherry tomatoes […]