Difference between bet and push

Definitions

noun

1. the money risked on a gamble
2. the act of gambling

verb

1. have faith or confidence in
2. maintain with or as if with a bet
3. stake on the outcome of an issue

Examples

It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope.

Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.

Once tawhid is accepted as the first axiom of thought, the goal of life becomes bridging the gap between the asserter and the asserted.

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Definitions

verb

1. approach a certain age or speed
2. press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
3. make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
4. move with force
5. press against forcefully without moving

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noun

1. enterprising or ambitious drive
2. the act of applying force in order to move something away
3. an effort to advance
4. the force used in pushing
5. an electrical switch operated by pressing

Examples

Ballymaloe take a more seasonal approach to things by using redcurrant rather than lemon juice, made by simmering a couple of punnets of the astringent little fruits with water, and then pushing them through a sieve.

Likewise, it was ixnay on the ommentcay when asked about reports that former show exec producer Nigel Lythgoe is returning triumphant to the show after having been pushed aside a couple of seasons back when that was their Really Bright Idea for jump-starting "Idol" and revving up ratings.

Or did her pushy mother and absent father turn her life into a sordid soap opera?

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