Potent vs Overpowering - What's the difference?
potent | overpowering | Related terms |
Possessing strength.
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*:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
Being effective, causing body effects.
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Having a sharp or offensive taste.
(lb) Able to procreate.
Very powerful or effective.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:harsh and potent injuries
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Moses once more his potent rod extends.
(tincture) A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.
(obsolete) A prince; a potentate.
(obsolete) A staff or crutch.
That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1
Potent is a related term of overpowering.
As adjectives the difference between potent and overpowering
is that potent is possessing strength while overpowering is that overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.As a noun potent
is (tincture) a heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white t shapes.As a verb overpowering is
.potent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
Antonyms
* impotentDerived terms
* idempotent * nilpotent * unipotent * (l)External links
* * ----overpowering
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}