Pulverised vs Triturated - What's the difference?
pulverised | triturated |
(pulverise)
To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
To defeat soundly, thrash.
To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
Ground down; pulverised.
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(triturate)
As verbs the difference between pulverised and triturated
is that pulverised is past tense of pulverise while triturated is past tense of triturate.As an adjective triturated is
ground down; pulverised.pulverised
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Verb
(head)pulverise
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Alternative forms
* pulverizeVerb
(en-verb)- the stone pulverises easily
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* British English formstriturated
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Adjective
(en adjective)- They cast no reflection in the water at their feet – it was too triturated by the pricking of the rain.