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Crushing vs Severe - What's the difference?

crushing | severe |

As adjectives the difference between crushing and severe

is that crushing is that crushes; overwhelming while severe is severe, harsh.

As a verb crushing

is .

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

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    severe

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Very bad or intense.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • Strict or harsh.
  • Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

    • Synonyms

    * brutal * extreme * hard * harsh * intense * rigorous * serious

    Antonyms

    * (very bad or intense) mild * (very bad or intense) minor * (strict or harsh) lenient

    Derived terms

    * severely (adverb) * severity (noun) * severeness (noun)

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