cache and cash are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. cache means “a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)”. cash means “money in the form of bills or coins”. cash is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈkæʃ/
1.n.a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
2.n.a secret store of valuables or money
3.n.(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics
/ˈkæʃ/
| cache | cash | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæʃ/ | /ˈkæʃ/ |
| Said | kash | kash |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 5 | 4 |
| Parts of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Senses | 4 | 4 |
| How common | Familiar | Core |
| Synonyms | none recorded | hard cash, hard currency |
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1.n.money in the form of bills or coins
“there is a desperate shortage of hard cash”
2.n.prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check
3.n.United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)