Profound vs Overwhelming - What's the difference?
profound | overwhelming |
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
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Very deep; very serious
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
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Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
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Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
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(obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(obsolete) An abyss.
(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
Present participle of to overwhelm .
Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
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Very great or intense.
Extreme.
As adjectives the difference between profound and overwhelming
is that profound is descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep while overwhelming is overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.As verbs the difference between profound and overwhelming
is that profound is (obsolete) to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down while overwhelming is present participle of to overwhelm .As a noun profound
is (obsolete) the deep; the sea; the ocean.profound
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A gulf profound
- Profound sciatica
- Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.
- What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
Noun
(-)- God in the fathomless profound / Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys .
- (Milton)
Verb
(en verb)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
overwhelming
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.