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Trust vs. Thrust — What's the Difference?

By Tayyaba Rehman — Updated on December 25, 2023
"Trust" is a noun or verb related to belief in the reliability or truth of someone or something, while "thrust" is a verb or noun referring to a forceful push or drive.
Trust vs. Thrust — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Trust and Thrust

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Key Differences

"Trust" involves confidence and reliance on the integrity, strength, or ability of a person or thing. It's about a belief in reliability. "Thrust," on the other hand, is about applying force; it's a pushing or driving force exerted by an engine or by physical effort.
In relationships, "trust" signifies a foundational belief in someone's character, truthfulness, or abilities. "Thrust" in mechanical or physical contexts means the propulsive force, like that generated by an aircraft engine.
"Trust" can also refer to a legal arrangement where one party holds property for the benefit of another. "Thrust" in physics pertains to the force responsible for the motion of objects, particularly in flight dynamics.
"Trust" is integral in societal and interpersonal interactions, denoting a sense of safety and expectation of positive intentions. In contrast, "thrust" is essential in engineering and physics, describing an action or process necessary for movement or force application.
Emotionally, "trust" encapsulates feelings of security and comfort in relationships or situations. Alternatively, "thrust" signifies action, energy, and directional force, commonly used in technical or physical descriptions.
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Comparison Chart

Definition

Belief in reliability or truth
Forceful push or drive

Usage in Context

Interpersonal relationships, legal arrangements
Mechanical systems, physics

Underlying Concept

Confidence, reliability, safety
Force, propulsion, energy

Associated Fields

Psychology, law
Engineering, physics

Emotional vs. Physical

Emotional trust vs. Physical force application
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Compare with Definitions

Trust

Confidence in Reliability: Belief in someone's reliability.
She had complete trust in her doctor's expertise.

Thrust

Forceful Push: A strong push or shove.
The athlete gave a final thrust to win the race.

Trust

Expectation of Honesty: Expecting honesty and integrity.
Their trust was shattered by the deceit.

Thrust

Driving Force: A force driving something forward.
Ambition was the main thrust of his career.

Trust

Foundation of Relationships: Essential for healthy relationships.
Trust is the cornerstone of a strong marriage.

Thrust

Propulsion Force: Force exerted by an engine.
The rocket's thrust was powerful enough to reach orbit.

Trust

State of Vulnerability: Willingness to be vulnerable.
Opening up about personal struggles requires trust.

Thrust

To push or drive quickly and forcefully
Thrust a pole into the ground.

Trust

The condition and resulting obligation of having confidence placed in one
Violated a public trust.

Thrust

Physical Effort: Exerting physical force.
With a strong thrust, she opened the heavy door.

Trust

Legal Arrangement: A fiduciary relationship holding property.
He set up a trust for his grandchildren's education.

Thrust

Directional Energy: Energy directed in a specific direction.
The thrust of the argument was clear and direct.

Trust

Firm belief in the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; confidence or reliance
Trying to gain our clients' trust.
Taking it on trust that our friend is telling the truth.

Thrust

Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction, the accelerated mass will cause a force of equal magnitude but opposite direction to be applied to that system.

Trust

One in which confidence is placed.

Thrust

To cause to project or extend
Poplars thrusting their branches upward.
Thrust out his finger.

Trust

Custody; care
Left her papers in my trust during her illness.

Thrust

To force into a specified condition or situation
He was thrust into a position of awesome responsibility.

Trust

Something committed into the care of another; a charge
Violated a public trust.

Thrust

To force or impose on an unwilling or improper recipient
"Some have greatness thrust upon them" (Shakespeare).

Trust

Reliance on something in the future; hope
We have trust that the future will be better.

Thrust

(Archaic) To stab; pierce.

Trust

Reliance on the intention and ability of a purchaser to pay in the future; credit
Bought the supplies on trust from a local dealer.

Thrust

To shove something into or at something else
Thrust at his opponent's chest with a foil.

Trust

A legal relationship in which one party holds a title to property while another party has the entitlement to the beneficial use of that property.

Thrust

To grow or extend upwards
"The cathedral ... thrust up suddenly, much taller than the surrounding houses" (Leonard Michaels).

Trust

The confidence reposed in a trustee when giving the trustee legal title to property to administer for another, together with the trustee's obligation regarding that property and the beneficiary.

Thrust

To force one's way; press forward
"I watched a young hare thrust through periwinkle under the window" (Sam Pickering).

Trust

The property so held.

Thrust

A forceful shove or push
Inserted the key with a thrust.

Trust

An institution or organization directed by trustees
A charitable trust.

Thrust

A lunge or stab.

Trust

A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or industry.

Thrust

A driving force or pressure.

Trust

To have or place confidence in; depend on
Only trusted his friends.
Did not trust the strength of the thin rope.
Could not be trusted to oversee so much money.

Thrust

The forward-directed force developed in a jet or rocket engine as a reaction to the high-velocity rearward ejection of exhaust gases.

Trust

To have confidence in allowing (someone) to use, know, or look after something
Can I trust you with a secret?.

Thrust

Outward or lateral stress in a structure, as that exerted by an arch or vault.

Trust

To expect with assurance; assume
I trust that you will be on time.

Thrust

The essential meaning; the point
The general thrust of his remarks.

Trust

To give credence to; believe
I trust what you say.

Thrust

The central purpose or objective
The whole thrust of the project was to make money.

Trust

To place in the care of another person or in a situation deemed safe; entrust
"the unfortunate souls who trusted their retirement savings to the stock" (Bill Barnhart).

Thrust

A forceful movement, especially an advance or attack by an armed force.

Trust

To extend credit to.

Thrust

(fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.

Trust

To have or place reliance; depend
We can only trust in our guide's knowledge of the terrain.

Thrust

A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"

Trust

To be confident; hope.

Thrust

The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
Tractive effort
Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.

Trust

Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
To lose trust in someone
Build up trust
A relationship built on mutual trust

Thrust

(intransitive) To make advance with force.
We thrust at the enemy with our forces.

Trust

Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

Thrust

(transitive) To force something upon someone.
I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.

Trust

Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.

Thrust

(transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.
Towers thrusting skyward.

Trust

That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.

Thrust

(transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
To thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument

Trust

That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

Thrust

(intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

Trust

(rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.

Thrust

To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

Trust

The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.

Thrust

Thrist.

Trust

(legal) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
I put the house into my sister's trust.

Thrust

A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; - a word much used as a term of fencing.
[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.

Trust

(legal) An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.

Thrust

An attack; an assault.
One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism.

Trust

A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.

Thrust

The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

Trust

(computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.

Thrust

The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Trust

(transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.

Thrust

To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.

Trust

To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.

Thrust

To stab; to pierce; - usually with through.

Trust

(transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

Thrust

To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

Trust

(transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
I trust you have cleaned your room?

Thrust

To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
And thrust between my father and the god.

Trust

(transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.

Thrust

To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
As doth an eager houndThrust to an hind within some covert glade.

Trust

(transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.

Thrust

The force used in pushing;
The push of the water on the walls of the tank
The thrust of the jet engines

Trust

(transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

Thrust

A thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument;
One strong stab to the heart killed him

Trust

To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
To trust to luck
Having lost the book, he had to trust to his memory for further details.

Thrust

The act of applying force to propel something;
After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off

Trust

To risk; to venture confidently.

Thrust

Verbal criticism;
He enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians

Trust

(intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

Thrust

A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow);
He warned me with a jab with his finger
He made a thrusting motion with his fist

Trust

To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

Thrust

Push forcefully;
He thrust his chin forward

Trust

(obsolete) Secure, safe.

Thrust

Press or force;
Stuff money into an envelope
She thrust the letter into his hand

Trust

(obsolete) Faithful, dependable.

Thrust

Make a thrusting forward movement

Trust

(legal) of or relating to a trust.

Thrust

Impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;
She forced her diet fads on him

Trust

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.
Most take things upon trust.

Thrust

Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Trust

Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

Thrust

Geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

Trust

Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.
His trust was with the Eternal to be deemedEqual in strength.

Thrust

Push upward;
The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air

Trust

That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

Thrust

Place or put with great energy;
She threw the blanket around the child
Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar

Trust

The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
[I] serve him truly that will put me in trust.
Reward them well, if they observe their trust.

Trust

That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth.

Trust

An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.

Trust

An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary.

Trust

A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.

Trust

Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.

Trust

To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.
I will never trust his word after.
He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived.

Trust

To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
Trust me, you look well.

Trust

To hope confidently; to believe; - usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.
I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.
We trustwe have a good conscience.

Trust

To show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.
Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,Now to suspect is vain.

Trust

To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war.

Trust

To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

Trust

To risk; to venture confidently.
[Beguiled] by theeto trust thee from my side.

Trust

To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
More to know could not be more to trust.

Trust

To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
I will trust and not be afraid.

Trust

To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust.
Her widening streets on new foundations trust.
They trusted unto the liers in wait.

Trust

Something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary);
He is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father

Trust

Certainty based on past experience;
He wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
He put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun

Trust

The trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others;
The experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity

Trust

A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;
They set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly

Trust

Complete confidence in a person or plan etc;
He cherished the faith of a good woman
The doctor-patient relationship is based on trust

Trust

A trustful relationship;
He took me into his confidence
He betrayed their trust

Trust

Have confidence or faith in;
We can trust in God
Rely on your friends
Bank on your good education
I swear by my grandmother's recipes

Trust

Allow without fear

Trust

Be confident about something;
I believe that he will come back from the war

Trust

Expect and wish;
I trust you will behave better from now on
I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise

Trust

Confer a trust upon;
The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
I commit my soul to God

Trust

Extend credit to

Common Curiosities

How is trust built in relationships?

Trust in relationships is built through consistent honesty, reliability, and communication.

What does trust mean?

Trust refers to confidence in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something.

What's the importance of trust in business?

Trust is crucial in business for building customer loyalty and effective teamwork.

Does trust vary in different cultures?

Yes, the concept and expectations of trust can vary significantly across cultures.

How do children learn trust?

Children learn trust from their early interactions with caregivers and their environment.

What is thrust?

Thrust is a forceful push or propelling force, especially in physics or engineering.

Can thrust be negative?

In physics, negative thrust refers to forces acting opposite to the direction of motion.

What role does thrust play in aviation?

In aviation, thrust is the forward force produced by engines to propel an aircraft.

Can trust be regained once lost?

Regaining trust is possible but requires time, effort, and consistent trustworthy behavior.

What are trust funds?

Trust funds are legal arrangements where assets are held and managed for the benefit of another.

Is thrust always a physical force?

Primarily, though it can also metaphorically describe the driving force behind an action or idea.

How is thrust calculated in physics?

Thrust is calculated by multiplying mass flow rate by the velocity change of a propellant.

Can trust exist without transparency?

Transparency is essential for trust, as it builds confidence in the intentions and actions of others.

What is the principle of thrust in rockets?

Rocket thrust is generated through the expulsion of high-speed gases from the engine.

What's the difference between thrust and lift in aviation?

Thrust propels an aircraft forward, while lift is the upward force that counters gravity.

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