What's the difference between push and puss?

Push


Definition:

  • (n.) A pustule; a pimple.
  • (v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
  • (v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
  • (v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
  • (v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
  • (v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
  • (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
  • (v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
  • (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
  • (n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
  • (n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
  • (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
  • (n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
  • (2) "It seems that this is just a few experts who are pushing it through parliament … without anyone thinking through the likely consequences for our country," said Duke Tagoe of the Food Sovereignty campaign group.
  • (3) John Large, a leading nuclear consultant, said: "The HSE as an independent agency will come under tremendous pressure to push through these designs.
  • (4) One might expect that a similar news spike and rebounding of support for stricter gun control can happen, given President Obama's new push.
  • (5) Activists in the country are pushing to get their voices heard ahead of Sunday's race.
  • (6) But late last month, Amisom pushed them out of Afgoye, a strategic stronghold 30km from Mogadishu, where Amisom officials say the militants used to manufacture explosives used in attacks on the capital.
  • (7) Gerhard Schröder , Merkel’s immediate predecessor, had pushed through parliament a radical reform agenda to get the country’s spluttering economy back on track.
  • (8) The view that testes found lateral to the external ring and which could be pushed some way into the scrotum were merely retractile was questioned.
  • (9) There’s a fine line between pushing them to their limits and avoiding injury, and Alberto is a master at it.
  • (10) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
  • (11) Markets reacted calmly on Friday to the downgrade by Moody's of 16 European and US banks, with share prices steady after the reduction in credit ratings, which can push up the cost of borrowing for banks which they could pass on to customers.
  • (12) They also had speakers, long before boomboxes and mobile phones pushed sounds out in public.
  • (13) The minister for health, Mamy Lalatiana Andriamanarivo, says he is determined to push ahead with ambitious plans for universal free healthcare.
  • (14) The effect of 5 beta- and 5 alpha-reduced progestins on luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) release was examined using either an in vitro superfusion or an in vivo push-pull perfusion (PPP) technique.
  • (15) That may well be the case, but it is extremely unlikely that Britain would be able to choose the terms of its future cooperation with the EU and not face push-back from member states.
  • (16) He can appoint Garland to the supreme court, and even push through the other 58 federal judicial nominees that are pending.
  • (17) The environment secretary, Liz Truss , has stripped farmers of subsidies for solar farms, saying they are a “blight” that was pushing food production overseas.
  • (18) Threadneedle Street has shaved 0.75 points off borrowing costs in but has not moved since April and with rising energy bills likely to push inflation close to 5% in the coming months is thought more likely to raise bank rate than cut it when the Bank meets this week.
  • (19) On physical examination the patients complained of pain on both passive flexion and internal rotation of the hip, and when the thigh was pushed backwards at 90 degrees of flexion.
  • (20) The ACT’s opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday’s debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.

Puss


Definition:

  • (n.) A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
  • (n.) A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The puss caterpillar, one of more than 50 species of caterpillars that can cause envenomation in the United States, is considered to be one of the most serious.
  • (2) The diagnosis was made in all cases isolating the microorganism from pulmonary secretions, puss, spinal fluid and blood.
  • (3) BBC4 is offering the Storyville documentary Pantomime, following the cast of a Nottingham amateur production of Puss in Boots.
  • (4) "I don't think for a moment that all of the puss has come out," he said.
  • (5) It would be interesting to explore the rich variety of pathology produced in us by moray eels, lionfish, sea urchins, jellyfish, sting rays, fire ants, kissing bugs, flies, lice, mosquitoes, ticks, mites, fleas, puss caterpillars, centipedes, snakes, dogs and cats, camels, and myriad other creatures including homo sapiens (not a trivial biter)--but for this grand rounds, the topic will simply be spiders (Part 1), bees and vespid (Part 2).
  • (6) We discuss the case of a 52-year-old woman who developed urticarial lesions after the acute envenomation of a puss caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis).
  • (7) The cat was meant to sink its claws into human rights, but proved to be a puss who wasn't there.
  • (8) It may be moving into the history books, but Iraq is one ex-puss with a posthumous power to shock.
  • (9) The appropriately sour-pussed-titled Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever should be out in December, becoming part of the US TV network's canon of famous holiday specials .
  • (10) In 2013, Netflix commissioned more than 300 hours of original shows from Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation, including Turbo F.A.S.T., Puss in Boots and King Julien.
  • (11) • On the other side of the Atlantic, Puss in Boots sees off the challenge of new arrivals Tower Heist and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas to stay top of the US box office for the second week in a row, reports Jeremy Kay .