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Overwhelming vs Unstoppable - What's the difference?

overwhelming | unstoppable |

As adjectives the difference between overwhelming and unstoppable

is that overwhelming is overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong while unstoppable is unable to be stopped.

As a verb overwhelming

is present participle of to overwhelm .

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

    unstoppable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unable to be stopped.
    • King Hrothgar thought that Grendel was unstoppable .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 20 , author=Jamie Lillywhite , title=Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.}}

    Antonyms

    * stoppable

    Derived terms

    * unstoppably