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Damaging vs Shocking - What's the difference?

damaging | shocking |

As adjectives the difference between damaging and shocking

is that damaging is harmful; injurious; causing damage while shocking is inspiring shock; startling.

As verbs the difference between damaging and shocking

is that damaging is while shocking is .

As a noun shocking is

the application of an electric shock.

damaging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Harmful; injurious; causing damage.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging , but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools

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    Verb

    (head)

    • shocking

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Inspiring shock; startling
  • Unusually obscene or lewd
  • (colloquial) Extremely bad

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    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The application of an electric shock.
  • * 2005 , Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet
    • We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings , beatings, brandings,

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