The difference between Bush and Bushing
When used as nouns, bush means a woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall, whereas bushing means a type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
Bush is also adverb with the meaning: towards the direction of the outback.
Bush is also verb with the meaning: to branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
Bush is also adjective with the meaning: not skilled.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bush and Bushing
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Bush as a noun (horticulture):
A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
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Bush as a noun (slang, vulgar):
A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
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Bush as a noun:
A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
Examples:
"'bushes to support pea vines"
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Bush as a noun (historical):
A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
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Bush as a noun (hunting):
The tail, or brush, of a fox.
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Bush as a verb (intransitive):
To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
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Bush as a verb:
To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
Examples:
"to bush peas"
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Bush as a verb:
To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
Examples:
"to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground"
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Bush as a noun (archaic):
A tavern or wine merchant.
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Bush as a noun (often with "the"):
Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated. The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations. An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest. The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
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Bush as a noun (Canadian):
A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
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Bush as an adverb (Australia):
Towards the direction of the outback.
Examples:
"On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own."
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Bush as an adjective (colloquial):
Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
Examples:
"They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush."
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Bush as a noun (baseball):
Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
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Bush as a noun:
A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
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Bush as a noun:
A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
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Bush as a noun:
A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
Examples:
"rfquotek Farrow"
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Bush as a verb (transitive):
To furnish with a bush or lining.
Examples:
"to bush a pivot hole"
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Bushing as a noun (mechanical engineering):
A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
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Bushing as a noun (mechanical engineering):
An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
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Bushing as a noun (mechanical engineering):
A threaded bushing, is a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
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Bushing as a noun (electrical engineering):
A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
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Bushing as a noun:
An adapter for joining pipes of different size.