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Shattering vs Crushing - What's the difference?

shattering | crushing |

As verbs the difference between shattering and crushing

is that shattering is while crushing is .

As nouns the difference between shattering and crushing

is that shattering is the act of something that shatters while crushing is the action of the verb to crush .

As an adjective crushing is

that crushes; overwhelming.

shattering

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that shatters.
  • * 1997 , J. Wright, Realism and Explanatory Priority (page 226)
  • It seems reasonable to conjecture that there is some property that is responsible for all the shatterings , because the operations that have produced the shatterings have all been similar (droppings of glass)

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    crushing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That crushes; overwhelming.
  • a crushing defeat
  • Devastatingly disheartening.
  • crushing guilt
    Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing .

    Synonyms

    (disheartening) * (l) (British) * See also

    Noun

    (wikipedia crushing)
  • The action of the verb to crush .
  • oilseed crushings
  • A former method of execution.
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