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Overwhelming vs Deafening - What's the difference?

overwhelming | deafening |

As verbs the difference between overwhelming and deafening

is that overwhelming is present participle of to overwhelm while deafening is .

As adjectives the difference between overwhelming and deafening

is that overwhelming is overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong while deafening is loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.

As a noun deafening is

(architecture) pugging.

overwhelming

English

Verb

(head)
  • Present participle of to overwhelm .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
  • *
    • The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.
  • Very great or intense.
  • Extreme.

    • Antonyms

    * underwhelming

    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