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Crushed vs Collapse - What's the difference?

crushed | collapse |

As verbs the difference between crushed and collapse

is that crushed is (crush) while collapse is to fall down suddenly; to cave in.

As an adjective crushed

is pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.

As a noun collapse is

the act of collapsing.

crushed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (crush)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
  • Broken, saddened, depressed.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
  • (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.

    • Derived terms

    * crushed sugar * crushed velvet

    collapse

    English

    (wikipedia collapse)

    Verb

    (collaps)
  • To fall down suddenly; to cave in
  • * Maunder
    • A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
  • To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely
    • Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse .
  • To fold compactly
  • (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
  • To cause something to collapse.
    • Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
  • To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint
    • The exhausted singer collapsed onstage and had to be taken to the hospital.

    Derived terms

    * collapsible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of collapsing
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The top six are assured of continental competition and after making a statement of intent against Stoke, it would take a dramatic collapse for Newcastle to surrender their place.}}
  • Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)

    • Anagrams

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