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Crushed vs Pranged - What's the difference?

crushed | pranged |

As verbs the difference between crushed and pranged

is that crushed is (crush) while pranged is (prang).

As adjectives the difference between crushed and pranged

is that crushed is pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments while pranged is (british|slang) paranoid.

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

    pranged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prang)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British, slang) paranoid