Difference between Hush and Stillness

What is the difference between Hush and Stillness?

Hush as a noun is a silence, especially after some noise while Stillness as a noun is the quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

Hush

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to become quiet to make quiet

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A silence, especially after some noise A mining method using water

Example sentence: I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living.

Stillness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.

Example sentence: When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience.

We hope you now know whether to use Hush or Stillness in your sentence.

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