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Squash vs. Quash
Squash
/skwɒʃ/Examples:
He decided to squash the rumor before it spread further.The kids loved to squash grapes with their feet at the festival.She tried to squash her doubts and focus on her goals.
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Quash
/kwɒʃ/Examples:
The judge decided to quash the indictment against the defendant.Efforts to quash the rumor quickly spread across the town.The company moved swiftly to quash the unauthorized reports.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Squash begins with sq just like the shape of a gourd which is what the vegetable squash looks like.
- Think of quash as quickly squash, as in quickly stop something; this relates to ending or suppressing it suddenly.
- Squash can be a sport or a vegetable, both you can play or eat respectively, making it more tangible and physical.
- Remember that quash often deals with rulings or decisions, like quash a rebellion or a legal judgment, which means it's figurative.
- Both words depict action, but squash involves more physical or literal compression while quash implies cessation or annulment of non-physical things like ideas, events, or rulings.
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