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Crushed vs Rushed - What's the difference?

crushed | rushed |

As verbs the difference between crushed and rushed

is that crushed is (crush) while rushed is (rush).

As adjectives the difference between crushed and rushed

is that crushed is pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments while rushed is very busy.

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

    rushed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • very busy
    • I was so rushed today, I didn't have time to eat lunch.
  • done in haste; done quickly
  • abounding or covered with rushes

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (rush)

    • Derived terms

    * rushed behind