different between onrush vs blitz

English

Etymology

From on- +? rush. Compare Middle English onresen (“to rush upon; attack”), from Old English onr?san (“to rush, rush on”); Old English onr?s (“an onrush, assault, attack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n????/

Noun

onrush (plural onrushes)

1. A forceful rush or flow forward.
   • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, New York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1857, First Book, pp. 32-33,^[1]

     The love within us and the love without

     Are mixed, confounded; if we are loved or love,

     We scarce distinguish. So, with other power.

     Being acted on and acting seem the same:

     In that first onrush of life’s chariot-wheels,

     We know not if the forests move or we.

   • 1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, London: William Heinemann, Chapter 22,

     For a brief moment the onrush of the egwugwu [masked men representing ancestral spirits] was checked by the unexpected composure of the two men. But it was only a momentary check, like the tense silence between blasts of thunder. The second onrush was greater than the first. It swallowed up the two men.

   • 1987, Paul Goldberger, “A Baker’s Dozen of New York City’s Urban Masterpieces,” New York Times, 31 July, 1987,^[2]

     So persistent is the onrush of new construction in New York that the first temptation for the architecture buff is to track down the latest things, be they good or bad […]

2. An aggressive assault.

Synonyms

• onslaught

Translations

Verb

onrush (third-person singular simple present onrushes, present participle onrushing, simple past and past participle onrushed)

1. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
2. To assault aggressively.

Translations

Anagrams

• Hurons

English

Etymology

Shortened from blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?ts/
• Rhymes: -?ts

Noun

blitz (countable and uncountable, plural blitzes)

1. (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
2. (countable, figuratively) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
3. (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
4. (uncountable, chess) A time control in which both players have less than ten minutes per game.

   Synonym: speed chess

Translations

Verb

blitz (third-person singular simple present blitzes, present participle blitzing, simple past and past participle blitzed)

1. (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.

   Synonym: charge

2. (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.

3. (transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.

   Synonym: zhoosh

4. (transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.

   Synonyms: hurry, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush

Danish

Etymology

German Blitz

Noun

blitz

1. (photography) flash, camera flash

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English blitz, shortened from English blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg.

Noun

blitz m (invariable)

1. blitz

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English blitz, shortened from English blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?blits/

Noun

blitz f (plural blitz)

1. random checkpoint (a hastily set-up point along a road where the police stop random drivers)