What's the difference between bisk and busk?

Bisk


Definition:

  • (n.) Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.
  • (n.) See Bisque.

Example Sentences:

Busk


Definition:

  • (n.) A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.
  • (v. t. & i.) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
  • (v. t. & i.) To go; to direct one's course.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But then came a challenge I couldn't turn down – busking outside Camden tube station with Billy Bragg , one of my musical and political heroes, who was happy to tutor and coax me through our favourite playlist.
  • (2) Raffles hitch-hiked ahead of the troupe, often sleeping rough, to busk for new bookings.
  • (3) Simply because he is not begging on a street corner (except when he's busking, which he does with glorious chutzpah) or drooling with a spent needle hanging from his arm, you presume he is doing fine.
  • (4) Get good at busking and later, when you're playing the Pyramid stage, you know you won't be fazed.
  • (5) A harpist takes a break from busking in a bustling Carmarthen shopping street to discuss two of his great passions: music and politics.
  • (6) I put on my performance face, threw my head back, and enjoyed myself – but safe in the knowledge that standing beside me on my right hand side was a man with decades of busking experience and a natural affinity with the crowd.
  • (7) I had always wanted to try busking but found the idea daunting – especially doing it alone.
  • (8) Updated at 11.10am BST 10.57am BST And now, it's time for Ed Miliband.... Jon Snow is just busking for a moment or two ahead of Ed Miliband coming on to the stage.
  • (9) "I had to have six frets on my guitar replaced – they were completely worn out from busking to the signing queue.
  • (10) In Galway, I went out busking on the streets, singing the filthiest, most debauched lyrics I could think of to see if anyone would understand.
  • (11) You started busking at the age of 15 and developed a street persona called Lippo.
  • (12) It didn't help that the Sunday before our busking "date", disaster struck; I lost my voice.
  • (13) The voice When you're busking, you're competing with the noise of the street, the traffic, and you're trying to get the attention of people who are in a hurry.
  • (14) They were busking and making good money, so Heaton was shocked when he learned they were all quitting to go to university.
  • (15) In 1968, aged 17, I quit school (in Ontario, Canada) and hitchhiked all over north America, busking and staying with people I met.
  • (16) We were still in a small room, effectively busking a script, but it was starting to grow.
  • (17) Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian "So it's OK, for example, to sit around as long as you are in a cafe or in a designated place where certain restful activities such as drinking a frappucino should take place but not activities like busking, protesting or skateboarding.
  • (18) There were storytellers, drawing lessons, and an area for busking and debating.
  • (19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Benjamin Zephaniah in Lincolnshire: ‘I miss the multiculturalism of London.’ Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian There’s a wonderful little town where I live and I love the independent shops, old-fashioned sweet shops run by little old ladies, an entertainer on the street just for the sake of it, not necessarily busking.
  • (20) After six years, I moved back to Canada, busking again and earning enough to pay my rent.

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