What's the difference between boondock and brushy?

Boondock


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Researchers and sports scientists spend lots of time and money trying to figure out how best to prepare for tournaments but none of them has ever submitted a thesis recommending a year on the Loftus Road bench followed by a sojourn in the boondocks of Toronto FC.
  • (2) 12.44pm BST An email, from Claire McConnell: "I know you didn’t write that phrase, and that the MLS is no example of quality football, but as a resident of Toronto, a great city, I have to take umbrage at the “boondocks” word."
  • (3) Orlando Jones said: ‘Send it to me, I’ll put it on my networks.’ That’s not a small thing, he’s got 100,000 followers on Twitter.” Davis’ mentoring programme, Badboy Studios Mentoring Program, also has a history of success, helping to launch the careers of people like N Steven Harris, an Eisner-nominated writer for Watson & Holmes, and Aaron McGruder, the creator of Adult Swim’s wildly popular animation The Boondocks.
  • (4) I always think Boondock Saints ," – the 1999 film starring Willem Dafoe that bombed at the box office (though it had a second life on DVD) – "when someone announces their plan: 'It's going to be the greatest thing ever and I'm going to make four films…'" Ayoade crosses his legs, uncrosses them again.
  • (5) 'Til next time... 5.16pm BST Kenneth Craig has emailed, saying: "As a Vancouver resident (and fan of our MLS Whitecaps FC), I thank you for referring to 'the centre of the universe' as the 'boondocks'."
  • (6) You could go and live in the boondocks, and as long as you had a machine, you could make money.

Brushy


Definition:

  • (a.) Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She has been banned from attending Ukip meetings since publishing last month’s cover lampooning Farage , his beaming face flanked by Al Murray and the Prophet Zebadiah with a shared speech bubble: “I’m the joke candidate.” This kind of strong-arm behaviour seems par for the course: two young chaps saunter in, looking very different from tonight’s retired-double-glazing-magnate-with-small-brushy-moustache style.
  • (2) There are no sandy beaches here; instead the refuge is made up of mostly tidal marshes, mud flats, tidal pools, brushy fields and swamps.
  • (3) Significantly greater prevalence (P less than 0.001) was seen in forested and brushy habitat (39.9%) compared with old fields (2.6%).
  • (4) Gusty winds quickly drove the flames through 800 acres of brushy ridges near Glendora.
  • (5) These objects also appear to have been coloured with loose, brushy paintwork; one might think of early Richard Diebenkorn or Ron Gorchov.

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