different between shush vs silence

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/, /???/
• Rhymes: -??, -??

Verb

shush (third-person singular simple present shushes, present participle shushing, simple past and past participle shushed)

1. (onomatopoeia, intransitive) To be quiet; to keep quiet.

   He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.

2. (onomatopoeia, transitive or intransitive) To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh.

   The boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him.

Derived terms

See also

• shh

English

Etymology

From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”). Displaced native Old English sw??e.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?sa?.l?ns/
• Rhymes: -a?l?ns

Noun

silence (usually uncountable, plural silences)

1. The absence of any sound.
2. The act of refraining from speaking.
   • D. Webster

     The administration itself keeps a profound silence.

3. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.

Synonyms

• quietness

Derived terms

Related terms

• silent

Translations

Verb

silence (third-person singular simple present silences, present participle silencing, simple past and past participle silenced)

1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.

   Synonym: mute

2. (transitive) To repress the expression of something.

3. (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
4. (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
5. (euphemistic) To murder.

Derived terms

• silencer

Translations

See also

• quiet, noise, loud, deaf, audible.

Interjection

silence

1. (imperative) Be silent.

   Silence! Enough of your insolence!

Synonyms

• be quiet
• hush
• whist

Translations

Anagrams

• license, selenic

French

Etymology

Latin silentium (“silence”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.l??s/
• Homophone: silences

Noun

silence m (plural silences)

1. silence

Antonyms

• bruit
• cacophonie
• mélodie
• musique

Derived terms

• le silence est d'or
• minute de silence
• passer sous silence
• porte-silence
• réduire au silence
• silence, moteur, action
• silencieusement
• silencieux

Further reading

• “silence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ido

Etymology

silenco (“silence”) +? -e (indicates an adverb).

Adverb

silence

1. noiselessly, silently, quietly

Related terms

• silencoza

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scilence, scylence, scilense, silens, sylence, scielence, cilence

Etymology

From Old French silence, from Latin silentium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si??l?ns(?)/, /si?l?ns(?)/

Noun

silence (uncountable)

1. Silence; the state of refraining or refusing to speak.
2. Peace, calm; a state of tranquil and restful behaviour.
3. Quietness; a lack of sound or speaking (for a given area or time).
4. Refraining from excessive speaking or talking.
5. The following of a religious vow of silence.
6. (rare) The termination of a dispute or conflict.
7. (rare) Secrecy or freedom from disruption.

Descendants

• English: silence
• Scots: seelence

References

• “s??lence, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-03.

Middle French

Noun

silence f (plural silences)

1. silence (absence of noise)