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wring vs squash

squash vs wring

wring and squash both are nouns.

wring and squash both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wring Yes No Yes No
squash Yes No Yes No
As verbs, squash is a hypernym of wring; that is, squash is a word with a broader meaning than wring:
  • wring: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
  • squash: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Other hypernyms of wring include crush, mash, squeeze, squelch.
wring (noun) squash (noun)
a twisting squeeze a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
wring (verb) squash (verb)
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
twist and press out of shape
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
obtain by coercion or intimidation
Difference between wring and squash

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