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Threshold vs Thresh - What's the difference?

threshold | thresh |

Thresh is a derived term of threshold.



As a noun threshold

is the bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.

As a verb thresh is

to separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.

threshold

English

(wikipedia threshold)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
  • (by extension) An entrance
  • The start of the landing area of a runway
  • (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
  • The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due
  • The outset of an action or project
  • The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
  • The point of beginning or entry
    • From all the pressure my partner has been through lately, his emotion threshold has suddenly gotten pretty low these days. I can tell because he easily loses it when he is around people or hears about anything to do with his concerns.

    Related terms

    * thresholding * thresholdless * thresholdlike

    thresh

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.
  • (literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.

    • Quotations

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    Synonyms

    * thrash

    Derived terms

    * thresher * thresherman * threshold