Hash vs. Ash

Hash vs. Ash — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hash and Ash

Hashnoun

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

Ashnoun

The solid remains of a fire.

The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.Ashes from the fire floated over the street.Ash from the fire floated over the street.

Hashnoun

A confused mess.

Ashnoun

(chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.

Hashnoun

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

Ashnoun

Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.

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Hashnoun

(computing) The result generated by a hash function.

Ashnoun

(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.

The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.

Hashnoun

One guess made by a mining computer in the effort of finding the correct answer which releases the next unit of cryptocurrency; see also hashrate.

Ashnoun

(figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.

Hashnoun

A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.

Ashnoun

A gray colour, like that of ash.

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Hashnoun

A hash run.

Ashnoun

A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.

The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.

Hashnoun

(Scotland) A stupid fellow.

Ashnoun

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

Hashnoun

(informal) Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

Ashnoun

The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.

Hashverb

(transitive) To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.

Ashverb

(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.

Hashverb

To make a quick, rough version

We need to quickly hash up some plans.

Ashverb

To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.

Hashverb

To transform according to a hash function.

Ashverb

To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.

Hashnoun

chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

Ashnoun

the residue that remains when something is burned

Hashnoun

purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen

Ashnoun

any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

Hashverb

chop up;

hash the potatoes

Ashnoun

strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

Ashverb

convert into ashes