Showdown vs Smackdown - What's the difference?
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The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor
The final round in a poker match, where the all remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown
A fight; a beating, a physical or emotional confrontation.
*2008 , Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer, Agnes and the Hitman , p. 152:
*2007 , Paula Chase, So Not the Drama: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel , p. 285:
*:"Well, I didn't get your messages," Mina said, embarrassed to admit her parents put the smackdown on all of her electronic communication.
*2006 , Rachel Caine, Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires, Book I , p. 59:
*:Monica had been challenged and, so far, hadn't exactly delivered the smackdown everybody — Claire included — had expected.
*2005 , Kate Brian, Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys: A Novel , p. 148:
*:Megan shouted out as Finn and Sean raced toward the smackdown . By the time they got there, Evan had already slammed his fist into Doug's face multiple times.
*2004 , Laura J. Burns, Inherit the Witch: An Original Novel , p. 51:
*:"I'm not looking for any more sisterly smackdowns ." She sat up and rubbed her arms where Paige and Juliana had been holding her.
*2003 , Popular Science , p. 73:
*:Considering these numbers, which positively put the smackdown on GM's much celebrated fuel-cell concept vehicle, the Hy-Wire (built on the Autonomy chassis), Shimizu was understandably crestfallen when, at this year's Detroit auto show, he received but two orders for the KAZ.
As nouns the difference between showdown and smackdown
is that showdown is the final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor while smackdown is a fight; a beating, a physical or emotional confrontation.showdown
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(en noun)- ...the thought of Carpenter and Garth in a smackdown over a rack of country ribs was not a pretty one.