What's the difference between plash and slash?

Plash


Definition:

  • (v.) A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
  • (v.) A dash of water; a splash.
  • (v. i.) To dabble in water; to splash.
  • (v. t.) To splash, as water.
  • (v. t.) To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.
  • (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.
  • (n.) The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.

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Slash


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
  • (v. t.) To lash; to ply the whip to.
  • (v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip.
  • (v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
  • (n.) A long cut; a cut made at random.
  • (n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
  • (n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) October 23, 2013 3.55pm BST Another reason to be concerned about the global economy - Canada's central bank has slashed its economic forecasts for the US.
  • (2) Supermarkets are slashing the price of cauliflower because a relatively warm start to the year has produced a glut of florets.
  • (3) But in April, this was reduced to 70% as ministers tried to slash the welfare bill.
  • (4) We write to deplore the coalition's withdrawal of support from the hugely successful school sport partnerships (" Michael Gove's plan to slash sports funding in schools splits cabinet ", News).
  • (5) It’s just one piece of New York’s air quality strategy, which also aims at slashing greenhouse gas emissions 80% from 2005 levels by 2050, says Mark Chambers, director of the mayor’s Office of Sustainability.
  • (6) It’s clear from our time in government that the Tories target will be slashing support for families.
  • (7) Perhaps an independent Scotland would offer a restrained alternative to Westminster's current slash and burn.
  • (8) The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, said the new policy balanced three challenges: the need to ensure the security of the UK's energy supply, the need to build a low-carbon economy and the need to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
  • (9) Forrest noted Fortescue’s rivals Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton had a break-even price of about US$30 a tonne, and the latter announced plans on Tuesday to slash costs at its WA iron ore mines to US$16 a tonne.
  • (10) The company this week announced it would attempt to slash wages at its Australian manufacturing plants.
  • (11) That line in the accounts reveals that costs were slashed by 32%, or £2m, to £4.3m – without which the company would have booked another loss.
  • (12) A leading thinktank has forecast that Britain will remain mired in recession this year, and slashed growth forecasts for almost all members of the G7 group of leading industrial nations.
  • (13) Detainees have seen their time allowed outside cells slashed, and been forced to undergo humiliating body cavity searches if they want to speak to lawyers, it has been claimed.
  • (14) Unlike many music hack days, this is a commercial contest: the winning hack – as judged by Slash, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen and investor Ben Parr – will earn its creator an autographed guitar, $1,000 and “the chance to have Slash use the winning hack with the release of his new album”.
  • (15) Payet was at it again before Zaza and Antonio slashed at a couple of other presentable chances.
  • (16) At the same time, local authorities are being offered cash to approve house building, but the budget for affordable housing has been slashed by 50%.
  • (17) Amsterdam Uber drivers have been blocked in by taxi drivers and one reported having his tyres slashed.
  • (18) As a result, today it is slashing the cost of a Sky+ HD box by two-thirds to £49.
  • (19) Ofcom has slashed the £20m-plus per year cost of ITV and Channel 5 regional broadcasting licences to almost zero, in recognition of the cost of delivering public service obligations such as news and current affairs.
  • (20) But within North Rhine-Westphalia – which includes the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Essen, and the industrial Ruhr region – it would appear that the CDU's arguments that the state needed to make sacrifices to slash its €180bn (£144bn) debt backfired.