Hustle vs. Bustle — What's the Difference?

Push roughly; jostle

A bustle is a padded undergarment used to add fullness, or support the drapery, at the back of women's dresses in the mid-to-late 19th century. Bustles were worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep the skirt from dragging.

Obtain illicitly or by forceful action

Move in an energetic and busy manner

Engage in prostitution

Excited activity and movement

A state of great activity

A pad or frame worn under a skirt and puffing it out behind.

A fraud or swindle

To move or cause to move energetically and busily.

To move or act energetically and rapidly

Excited and often noisy activity; a stir.

To push or force one's way.

A frame or pad to support and expand the fullness of the back of a skirt.

To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.

A bow, peplum, or gathering of material at the back of a skirt below the waist.

To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.

An excited activity; a stir.

To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.

A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.

To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.

A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner

To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).

To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry

To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).

To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means

(transitive) To push around, to importune.

To pressure into buying or doing something

To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.

To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling

Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.

The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.

A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; - called also bishop, and tournure.

Energetic activity; drive.

A rapid bustling commotion

(Slang) An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit

A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt

To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.

Move or cause to move energetically or busily;

(intransitive) To rush or hurry.

(transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.

(transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive; especially financially.

To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.

(informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.

(informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.

(informal) To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.

To dance the hustle, a disco dance.

(informal) To work.

(informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.

A state of busy activity.

A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.

(preceded by definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle.

(prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.

(slang) An act of prostitution.

To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.

To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.

A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

A rapid bustling commotion

Cause to move furtively and hurriedly;

Move or cause to move energetically or busily;

Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity