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Smashing vs Crumbling - What's the difference?

smashing | crumbling |

As nouns the difference between smashing and crumbling

is that smashing is gerund: the action of the verb to smash while crumbling is material that has crumbled away; crumbs.

As verbs the difference between smashing and crumbling

is that smashing is while crumbling is .

As an adjective smashing

is serving to smash (something).

smashing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Serving to smash (something).
    • The boxer delivered a smashing blow to his opponent's head.
  • (British informal ) Wonderful, very good or impressive.
    • We had a smashing time at the zoo.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gerund: The action of the verb to smash .
    • Some Greek dance is traditionally accompanied by the smashing of crockery.

    Verb

    (head)

    • crumbling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
  • * Henry James, The Aspern Papers
    • Blank I call it, but it was figured over with the patches that please a painter, repaired breaches, crumblings of plaster, extrusions of brick that had turned pink with time