different between shisha vs vape

English

Alternative forms

• sheesha, shishah

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic ????? (š?ša), from Turkish ?i?e, from Persian ????? (š?ša, “glass, mirror”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i???/

Noun

shisha (countable and uncountable, plural shishas)

1. (countable) An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.

   Synonyms: hookah, hubbly bubbly, narghile

2. The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.

   Synonym: maassel

3. (textiles) A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.

   Synonym: mirrorwork

Translations

Further reading

• mu‘assel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• shisha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Hashis, Shashi, Shiahs, shahis

Japanese

Romanization

shisha

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Uzbek

Noun

shisha (plural shishalar)

1. glass
2. bottle

   Synonym: butilka

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ve?p/
• Rhymes: -e?p

Etymology 1

A shortening of vaporizer.

Noun

vape (plural vapes)

1. Clipping of vaporizer.

Etymology 2

A shortening of vaporize.

Verb

vape (third-person singular simple present vapes, present participle vaping, simple past and past participle vaped)

1. (intransitive) To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.
   • 2007 December 18, SmokeyJoe, "Well it's not smoking....So what is it?" [1], e-cigarette-forum:

     "E-smoking" is a bit of a handful, "Misting" sounds far too fey, "Vaporizing" or "Vaping" has drug connotations. There must be a better word for my new hobby! Suggestions?

   • 2008 March 2, marian00, "Re: NJOY International" [2], e-cigarette-forum:

     I have received both my Sedansa and Njoy ciggies. ... They vape about the same. I can drip in both cigs, whether into the atomizer or into the filter. ... The e-cig minicig from .......... sucks -- and I don't mean literally. I can't get anything out of them. I don't like their pipe either. It vapes plenty; you just can't inhale and exhale much of anything.

   • 2008 April 24, TropicalBob, "Re: Now that's smoking!" [3], e-cigarette-forum:

     "Vaping" is just a fancy way to avoid the term "smoking", since smoking is illegal everywhere and these things don't burn anything and don't produce second-hand smoke.

Derived terms

• vaper

Translations

Noun

vape (plural vapes)

1. The smoking of a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.

See also

• Citations:vaping

Anagrams

• EVAP, pave, pavé

French

Noun

vape f (plural vapes)

1. haze; mist
2. vape (act of vaping)

Derived terms

• tomber dans les vapes

Verb

vape

1. inflection of vaper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative