Re: What are the differences between a MUD and a MUSH?
"MUD" is the genus and "MUSH" is one of the species within that genus. You'll find a bit of history at among other places. There's also a "MUD tree" article at that links to descriptions of the various code bases.
Other than that, though, what you're likely going to get in response to your question are statements like "a MUD almost always has coded combat, while some MUSHes don't." While I'm not a coder, from what I know the forms and contents of various types of games are determined in part by the elements included in their basic code packages and in part by the conventions that have grown up around games built on those packages based on the earliest and most typical use of each. For example, I know of no reason why MUCK games have to be "furry" games, and yet they almost always are, likely because FurryMUCK was one of the first games using the MUCK code base.
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