Overwhelming vs Smashing - What's the difference?
overwhelming | smashing |
Present participle of to overwhelm .
Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
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Very great or intense.
Extreme.
Serving to smash (something).
(British informal ) Wonderful, very good or impressive.
Gerund: The action of the verb to smash .
As verbs the difference between overwhelming and smashing
is that overwhelming is present participle of to overwhelm while smashing is .As adjectives the difference between overwhelming and smashing
is that overwhelming is overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong while smashing is serving to smash (something).As a noun smashing is
gerund: the action of the verb to smash .overwhelming
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.
Antonyms
* underwhelmingsmashing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The boxer delivered a smashing blow to his opponent's head.
- We had a smashing time at the zoo.
Noun
(en noun)- Some Greek dance is traditionally accompanied by the smashing of crockery.