different between quash vs quass

English

Etymology

From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quass?re, present active infinitive of quass?, under the influence of cass? (“I annul”), from Latin quati? (“I shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?eh?t- (“to shake”) (same root for the English words: pasta, paste, pastiche, pastry). Cognate with Spanish quejar (“to complain”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw??/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kw??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

quash (third-person singular simple present quashes, present participle quashing, simple past and past participle quashed)

1. To defeat decisively.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)

     Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.
2. (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
   • 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands

     The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.

3. (law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).

Related terms

• cask
• casket
• concussion
• discuss, discussion
• fracas
• percussion
• rescue
• squash

Translations

Anagrams

• huqas

English

Noun

quass (countable and uncountable, plural quasses)

1. Alternative spelling of kvass

Verb

quass (third-person singular simple present quasses, present participle quassing, simple past and past participle quassed)

1. (obsolete) to drink deeply; to quaff.