What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Crushing vs Comminuted - What's the difference?

crushing | comminuted |

As verbs the difference between crushing and comminuted

is that crushing is while comminuted is (comminute).

As adjectives the difference between crushing and comminuted

is that crushing is that crushes; overwhelming while comminuted is reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.

As a noun crushing

is the action of the verb to crush .

crushing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That crushes; overwhelming.
    • a crushing defeat
  • Devastatingly disheartening.
    • crushing guilt
    Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing .

    Synonyms

    (disheartening) * (l) (British) * See also

    Noun

    (wikipedia crushing)
  • The action of the verb to crush .
    • oilseed crushings
  • A former method of execution.

    • Anagrams

    *

    comminuted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 53:
    • Hawaiian sand is utterly different: it is comminuted coral and algae, the broken detritus of a hundred thousand storms washed up against the land.

    Synonyms

    * triturated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (comminute)