The difference between Mug and Mush
When used as nouns, mug means a large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer, whereas mush means a somewhat liquid mess, often of food.
When used as verbs, mug means to strike in the face, whereas mush means to squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
Mug is also adjective with the meaning: easily fooled, gullible.
check bellow for the other definitions of Mug and Mush
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Mug as an adjective (archaic):
Easily fooled, gullible.
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Mug as a noun:
A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
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Mug as a noun (slang):
The face, often used deprecatingly.
Examples:
"What an ugly mug."
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Mug as a noun (slang, vulgar):
A gullible or easily-cheated person.
Examples:
"He’s a gullible mug – he believed her again."
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Mug as a noun (UK, Australia, derogatory, slang):
A stupid or contemptible person.
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Mug as a verb (transitive, obsolete, UK):
To strike in the face.
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Mug as a verb (transitive):
To assault for the purpose of robbery.
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Mug as a verb (intransitive):
To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
Examples:
"The children weren't interested in sitting still for a serious photo; they mugged for the camera."
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Mug as a verb (transitive):
To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.
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Mug as a verb (UK, Australia, slang):
To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
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Mug as a noun (slang, AAVE):
Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")
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Mush as a noun:
A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
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Mush as a noun (radio):
A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.
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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."
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Mush as a noun:
A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
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Mush as a noun:
Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.
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Mush as a noun:
A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
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Mush as a verb (intransitive):
To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
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Mush as a verb (transitive):
To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
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Mush as a noun (Quebec, slang):
magic mushrooms
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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>— ''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.'" — ''THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: In Which King Arthur Uther Pendragon Grants An Interview'' [http://arthurpendragon.ukonline.co.uk/arthur.html]"
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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." — [http://owlfarm.pmgr.net/aspen/hst16.htm]"
"* 2002:"I grew my face fungus to cover up an ugly mush." — [http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=809]"
"* "and your bird has an ugly mush" — [http://b3ta.com/board/archive/21323/]"
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Mush as a verb (transitive):
To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.