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Overwhelming vs Striking - What's the difference?

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Overwhelming is a related term of striking.


As verbs the difference between overwhelming and striking

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

As adjectives the difference between overwhelming and striking

is that overwhelming is overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong while striking is making a strong impression.

As a noun striking is

the act by which something strikes or is struck.

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

    striking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
  • :
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking . In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something strikes or is struck.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

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