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Crushed vs Pressed - What's the difference?

crushed | pressed |

As verbs the difference between crushed and pressed

is that crushed is (crush) while pressed is (press).

As adjectives the difference between crushed and pressed

is that crushed is pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments while pressed is under strain or deprivation.

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

    pressed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (press)
  • contraction of impressed

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Under strain or deprivation.
    • The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.
    He found himself hard pressed .

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