What's the difference between dosh and nosh?

Dosh


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bearing in mind that the beaus will be queuing round the block to woo Gigi, perhaps she should bite the bullet and think of the dosh.
  • (2) The former Internazionale owner Massimo Moratti has been staring wistfully into the distance and wonder what might have been if he had not dished his dosh on the Special One rather than mere players.
  • (3) They may not have the hearts and minds, but they certainly have the dosh.
  • (4) Essentially a counter of how much dosh Gareth Bale has pocketed since signing for Real (if we take the time of the signing as 12.30pm).
  • (5) When one considers Nigel’s express concern that his new wife’s finances not be decimated, presumably realising that defending multiple murder charges costs a lot of dosh, Nigel’s early suicide makes more sense; pre-emptive action against a possible life sentence.
  • (6) I’m no betting man, but even if I was, I would not be quick to part with my dosh.
  • (7) 6.21pm BST 60 mins Apparently, some fan has put his house up for sale in an effort to raise some dosh to keep Ochoa at Ajaccio.
  • (8) They've got far less marketing dosh to play with too so they should be single-minded in making this the defining choice for the electorate.
  • (9) But that has not stopped people from giving their opinions freely about its character and disposition, referring to the area as Fort McMoney, the place where people go to make easy dosh, or as an outpost for displaced Newfoundlanders – and while many people from Newfoundland and the Maritimes live and work there, they make up only about 20% of the population.
  • (10) Even the promise that the NHS will earn the extra dosh by undertaking unprecedented reform will not obscure that key message to Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats.
  • (11) Has made all the right noises about carbon cuts, but could do with some dosh to make it happen.
  • (12) After a few Mills & Boon-like reluctant trysts, Gigi would tearfully admit to her father that she had fallen for her handsome prince and they would split the dosh, perhaps spending her half on an island to be used exclusively for lezzers, their quad bikes and tattoo parlours.
  • (13) Dosh 'n' Becks From Adidas to Armani, Sainsbury's to Pepsi and H&M to Police sunglasses, Beckham's brand has helped earn him a fortune of £165m, according to the latest Sunday Times rich list.
  • (14) But as one Treasury official said: "We are out of dosh.
  • (15) The still-fragile state of public finances, the fact that the NHS is going to get lots of extra money whoever is in power and the possibility of having to cut other Whitehall budgets more than already anticipated if the NHS receives even more dosh, all make the signing of that blank cheque politically very difficult.
  • (16) At Oxford, Crawford was a joint founder of the internationalist poetry magazine Verse and "cadged" poems off the likes of Edwin Morgan, Les Murray and Seamus Heaney, who enclosed £50 with his poem to help with production costs: "His generosity was not only in language, but also in actual dosh."
  • (17) Excuse me but I'm taking my dosh and getting out of here', I couldn't look myself in the face."

Nosh


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Election day: the key points as they happen with the votes being tallied Read more At the hotel, an aide said at 8.30pm, the Clintons worked on the candidate’s planned remarks, and “noshed a little bit” on a buffet spread that included salmon, roasted carrots, vegan pizza and fries.
  • (2) Still, up for anything food related, I find myself in a central London flat (it’s central London only; of course it is) signing up for Supper in anticipation of some posh nosh without the need for all that tiresome restaurant-going.
  • (3) In addition to the live music, and DJ sets by Zero 7 and Greg Wilson, the festival has an important gastronomic component: L’Enclume’s Simon Rogan, Murano’s Angela Hartnett and Polpo’s Russell Norman will all be helping to prepare Wilderness’s “long table banquets”, with extra nosh by the chefs and bakers of St John.
  • (4) But if advertising authorities banned all inaccurate, arguable or just plain ridiculous language on food packets, our nosh would have to be wrapped, as cigarettes soon will be, in completely blank packaging.
  • (5) This is the woman who noshed off Ian Beale for enough cash to keep her in oven chips for a fortnight.
  • (6) We are going to give the world a ship called NOSH Ukip is proposing to build and equip a naval hospital that wouldn’t carry weapons, but could instead be used to “confirm Britain’s status as a force for good in the world”.
  • (7) It is A: “I need a Thai green curry, sticky rice and can you bring it to me straight away?” Posh nosh: Britain's big appetite for gourmet takeaway Read more Deliveroo is a new business that will bring you food from restaurants – not just any old takeaway , mind – for a £2.50 fee.
  • (8) Which all sounds great, except they have called it “a Naval Ocean-Going Surgical Hospital”, or NOSH for short.