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Overwhelming vs Electrifying - What's the difference?

overwhelming | electrifying | Related terms |

Overwhelming is a related term of electrifying.


As verbs the difference between overwhelming and electrifying

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

As adjectives the difference between overwhelming and electrifying

is that overwhelming is overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong while electrifying is that electrifies.

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

    electrifying

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that electrifies
  • thrilling or startling
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2013 , date=June 18 , author= , title=Reception for Obama Is More Sober Than in 2008 , work= , url= http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/world/europe/reception-for-obama-is-more-sober-than-in-2008.html , page= , passage=The speech might have been electrifying close up, Mr. Conley said, but people near him drifted away before it finished.}}