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Crushing vs Compact - What's the difference?

crushing | compact |

As verbs the difference between crushing and compact

is that crushing is while compact is to make more dense; to compress.

As adjectives the difference between crushing and compact

is that crushing is that crushes; overwhelming while compact is closely packed, ie packing much in a small space.

As nouns the difference between crushing and compact

is that crushing is the action of the verb to crush while compact is an agreement or contract or compact can be a small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into ones pocket.

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

    *

    compact

    English

    (wikipedia compact)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An agreement or contract.
    • Synonyms
    * agreement, contract, pact, treaty

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
  • * Isaac Newton
    • glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies
  • Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
    • a compact laptop computer
  • (mathematics, uncomparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
    • A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S.
  • (topology, uncomparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
  • Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
    • a compact discourse
  • (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
  • * Shakespeare
    • compact with her that's gone
  • * Peacham
    • a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together
  • (obsolete) Composed or made; with of .
  • * Milton
    • A wandering fire, / Compact of unctuous vapour.
    Synonyms
    * (closely packed) concentrated, dense, serried, solid, thick, tight
    Derived terms
    * compact car * compact disc * locally compact

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into ones pocket.
  • A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
  • * 2012 , BBC News: Dundee Courier makes move to compact [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16576612]:
    • The Dundee Courier has announced the newspaper will be relaunching as a compact later this week. Editor Richard Neville said a "brighter, bolder" paper would appear from Saturday, shrunk from broadsheet to tabloid size.

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make more dense; to compress.
  • * '>citation
  • To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
  • * Bible, Eph. iv. 16
    • The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.
    Synonyms
    * (make more dense) compress, condense

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----