Why is a git 'pull request' not called a 'push request'?

Why is a git 'pull request' not called a 'push request'?

git github version-control pull-request

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How to apply unmerged upstream pull requests from other forks into my fork?

git github pull-request

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How do you attach a new pull request to an existing issue on github?

git github issue-tracking pull pull-request

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Preferred Github workflow for updating a pull request after code review

git version-control github pull-request

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Can you issue pull requests from the command line on GitHub?

git github pull-request github-cli

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How to do a GitHub pull request

git github pull-request git-fork

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Send a pull request on GitHub for only latest commit

git github pull-request

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GitHub pull request showing commits that are already in target branch

git github merge commit pull-request

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Find a Pull Request on GitHub where a commit was originally created

git github pull-request

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Can I make a pull request on a gist on GitHub?

git github gist pull-request

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How to modify GitHub pull request?

git github pull-request

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How to cancel a pull request on github?

git github pull-request

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Undo a merge by pull request?

git github merge pull-request

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GitHub clone from pull request?

git github pull-request

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How to remove commits from a pull request

git github pull-request

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