different between vitality vs hustle

English

Etymology

vital +? -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va??tæl?ti/, /va??tæl?ti/

Noun

vitality (countable and uncountable, plural vitalities)

1. The capacity to live and develop.
2. Energy or vigour.
3. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

Related terms

• devive
• revive
• survive
• viable
• vim and vigor
• vital
• vivid
• vitalism

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Further reading

• vitality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vitality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Dutch husselen or by metathesis from Dutch hutselen (“to shake up”), a frequentative of hutsen (“to stir, to move something (back and forth)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Verb

hustle (third-person singular simple present hustles, present participle hustling, simple past and past participle hustled)

1. To push someone roughly, to crowd, to jostle.
2. (intransitive) To rush or hurry.
3. (transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
4. (transitive) To con or deceive; especially financially.

5. To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
6. (informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
7. (informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
8. (informal) To be a prostitute, to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
9. To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
10. (informal) To work.
11. (informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.

Synonyms

• (to rush): fly, make tracks; see also Thesaurus:rush
• (to deceive): defraud, swindle; see also Thesaurus:deceive
• (to be a prostitute): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
• (to work as a pimp): pimp; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
• (to work): labor

Descendants

• Dutch: hosselen

Translations

Noun

hustle (countable and uncountable, plural hustles)

1. A state of busy activity.
2. A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
3. (preceded by definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle.
4. (prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.

Derived terms

• hustle and bustle
• hustler
• hustly
• on the hustle

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References

Anagrams

• Hulets, Lesuth, Lueths, sleuth