Difference between Flush and Blush

What is the difference between Flush and Blush?

Flush as a noun is a cleansing with plenty of fluid. while Blush as a noun is an act of blushing.

Flush

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cleansing with plenty of fluid. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet. A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. wealthy or well off. Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid. Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water. To cause to take flight from concealment. To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance. To take suddenly to flight, esp. from cover. (Toilets only) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water. (Computer Science) To clear a buffer of its contents.

Example sentence: Bangkok is a toilet without a flush.

Blush

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of blushing.A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks. Confer rouge.A color between pink and cream.The collective noun for a group of boys.

Example sentence: Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?

We hope you now know whether to use Flush or Blush in your sentence.

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