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Disintegration vs Crushing - What's the difference?

disintegration | crushing |

As nouns the difference between disintegration and crushing

is that disintegration is a process by which anything disintegrates while crushing is the action of the verb to crush.

As a verb crushing is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective crushing is

that crushes; overwhelming.

disintegration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A process by which anything disintegrates.
  • The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
  • (geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

    • Related terms

    * disintegrative * integration

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    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.

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