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Overwhelming vs Shocking - What's the difference?

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Overwhelming is a related term of shocking.


As verbs the difference between overwhelming and shocking

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

As adjectives the difference between overwhelming and shocking

is that overwhelming is overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong while shocking is inspiring shock; startling.

As a noun shocking is

the application of an electric shock.

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

    shocking

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Inspiring shock; startling
  • Unusually obscene or lewd
  • (colloquial) Extremely bad

    • Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The application of an electric shock.
  • * 2005 , Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet
    • We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings , beatings, brandings,

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