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Pained vs Crushed - What's the difference?

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Pained is a related term of crushed.


As adjectives the difference between pained and crushed

is that pained is in pain, especially in an emotional sense while crushed is pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.

As verbs the difference between pained and crushed

is that pained is (pain) while crushed is (crush).

pained

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In pain, especially in an emotional sense.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (pain)
  • crushed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crush)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
  • Broken, saddened, depressed.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
  • (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
  • Derived terms

    * crushed sugar * crushed velvet