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Deadening vs Deafening - What's the difference?

deadening | deafening |

As verbs the difference between deadening and deafening

is that deadening is present participle of deaden while deafening is present participle of deafen.

As an adjective deafening is

loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.

As a noun deafening is

pugging.

deadening

English

Verb

(head)

    • deafening

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss
  • Very loud
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.}}

    Related terms

    * deaf * deafen * deafening silence

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

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  • (architecture) pugging