hush vs wash

hush and wash both are nouns.

hush and wash both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hush	Yes	No	Yes	No
wash	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hush and wash are synonyms defined as:

hush and wash: wash by removing particles

As verbs, wash is a hypernym of hush; that is, wash is a word with a broader meaning than hush:

hush: wash by removing particles
wash: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

Other hypernyms of hush include lave.

hush (noun)	wash (noun)
(poetic) tranquil silence	any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
	the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
	garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
	a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
	a thin coat of water-base paint
	the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
	the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
	the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

hush (verb)	wash (verb)
become quiet or still; fall silent	cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
cause to be quiet or not talk	to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals	remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
wash by removing particles	make moist
become quiet or quieter	wash or flow against
	form by erosion
	wash by removing particles
	cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
	separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
	clean with some chemical process
	apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
	move by or as if by water
	be capable of being washed
	admit to testing or proof

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