Powerful vs Swingeing - What's the difference?
powerful | swingeing |
Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
* (William Shakespeare)
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, chapter=19 (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
(archaic)
(British) large, immense
powerful, scathing (a swingeing verbal attack )
* The Economist , June 16th 2012. "Special Report: The melting north", p. 4.
As adjectives the difference between powerful and swingeing
is that powerful is having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence while swingeing is (british) large, immense.As a verb swingeing is
(archaic).powerful
English
Alternative forms
* powerfull * powreful * powrefullAdjective
(en-adj)- The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
Synonyms
* * *Antonyms
* *swingeing
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Perhaps not since the felling of America's vast forests ... has the world seen such a spectacular environmental change. The consequences for Arctic ecosystems will be swingeing .