The difference between Compress and Thrutch

When used as nouns, compress means a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury, whereas thrutch means an obstacle overcome by thrutching.

When used as verbs, compress means to make smaller, whereas thrutch means to push.

check bellow for the other definitions of Compress and Thrutch

  1. Compress as a verb (transitive):

    To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

    Examples:

    "The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement."

  2. Compress as a verb (intransitive):

    To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

    Examples:

    "Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel"

  3. Compress as a verb (transitive):

    To condense into a more economic, easier format.

    Examples:

    "This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram."

  4. Compress as a verb (transitive):

    To abridge.

    Examples:

    "If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information."

  5. Compress as a verb (technology, transitive):

    To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

  6. Compress as a verb (obsolete):

    To embrace sexually.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Alexander Pope"

  1. Compress as a noun:

    A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

    Examples:

    "He held a cold compress over the sprain."

  2. Compress as a noun:

    A machine for compressing

  1. Thrutch as a verb (rare, or, dialectal):

    To push; press.

  2. Thrutch as a verb:

    To crowd; throng; squeeze.

  3. Thrutch as a verb (figuratively):

    To trouble; oppress.

  4. Thrutch as a verb:

    To thrust.

  5. Thrutch as a verb (caving, climbing (sport)):

    To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.

    Examples:

    "I thrutched up the final crack to a small pinnacle."

  1. Thrutch as a noun (caving, climbing (sport)):

    An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5)

  2. Thrutch as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England):

    A narrow gorge or ravine.

Compare words:

Compare with synonyms and related words: