The difference between Gob and Mush

When used as nouns, gob means a lump of soft or sticky material, whereas mush means a somewhat liquid mess, often of food.

When used as verbs, gob means to gather into a lump, whereas mush means to squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.


check bellow for the other definitions of Gob and Mush

  1. Gob as a noun (countable):

    A lump of soft or sticky material.

  2. Gob as a noun (countable, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang):

    The mouth.

    Examples:

    "He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food."

    "Oi, you, shut your gob!"

    "She's got such a gob on her – she′s always gossiping about someone or other."

  3. Gob as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Saliva or phlegm.

    Examples:

    "He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement."

  4. Gob as a noun (US, military, slang):

    A sailor.

  5. Gob as a noun (uncountable, mining):

    Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.

  6. Gob as a noun (US, regional):

    A whoopee pie.

  1. Gob as a verb:

    To gather into a lump.

  2. Gob as a verb:

    To spit, especially to spit phlegm.

  3. Gob as a verb (mining, intransitive):

    To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.

  1. Mush as a noun:

    A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.

  2. Mush as a noun (radio):

    A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.

  1. Mush as a verb:

    To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.

    Examples:

    "He mushed the ingredients together."

  1. Mush as a noun:

    A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.

  2. Mush as a noun:

    Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.

  1. Mush as a noun:

    A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.

  1. Mush as a verb (intransitive):

    To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.

  2. Mush as a verb (transitive):

    To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.

  1. Mush as a noun (Quebec, slang):

    magic mushrooms

  1. Mush as a noun (British slang, primarily, Southern England):

    A form of address to a man.

    Examples:

    "* "'Oy, mush! Get out of it!'<br>That's what we'd say<br>Barging the locals<br>Out of the way"<br>&mdash; ''MAUREEN AND DOREEN AND NOREEN AND ME'', ''Peculiar Poems'', [http://www.jclamb.com/]"

    "* "When I'm around it's not uncommon for someone to call me and say :'Oy mush, get your bum over here and give us a hand.'" &mdash; ''THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: In Which King Arthur Uther Pendragon Grants An Interview'' [http://arthurpendragon.ukonline.co.uk/arthur.html]"

  2. Mush as a noun (British slang, primarily, Northern England, Australian):

    The face

    Examples:

    "* "My ugly mush finally found its way onto the www, but not in the manner to which I deserved." &mdash; [http://owlfarm.pmgr.net/aspen/hst16.htm]"

    "* 2002:"I grew my face fungus to cover up an ugly mush." &mdash; [http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=809]"

    "* "and your bird has an ugly mush" &mdash; [http://b3ta.com/board/archive/21323/]"

  1. Mush as a verb (transitive):

    To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.