The difference between Mush and Pal
When used as nouns, mush means a somewhat liquid mess, often of food, whereas pal means a friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.
When used as verbs, mush means to squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else, whereas pal means be friends with, hang around with.
check bellow for the other definitions of Mush and Pal
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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.
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Pal as a noun (colloquial):
A friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.
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Pal as a verb:
Be friends with, hang around with.
Examples:
"John plans to pal around with Joe today."