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Overpowering vs Husky - What's the difference?

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Overpowering is a related term of husky.


As adjectives the difference between overpowering and husky

is that overpowering is that overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming while husky is (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding.

As a verb overpowering

is .

As a noun husky is

any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

overpowering

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}

    husky

    English

    Etymology 1

    ; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding
  • burly, thick; fat, overweight
  • * 1965 , Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22
  • Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A
  • Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
  • (Dryden)
    Derived terms
    * huskily

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of husky dog'', where ''husky is ultimately from the same Old (etyl) root as Eskimo.

    Noun

    (huskies)
  • Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
  • Alternative forms
    * huskie
    Synonyms
    * polar dog
    See also
    * (wikipedia "husky") * (commonslite)