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Smiting vs Striking - What's the difference?

smiting | striking |

As verbs the difference between smiting and striking

is that smiting is while striking is .

As nouns the difference between smiting and striking

is that smiting is the act of one who smites while striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck.

As an adjective striking is

making a strong impression.

smiting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who smites.
  • * 2009 , Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue (page 275)
    • When her sisters talked about the Bible it was all the Sermon on the Mount and the Song of Solomon, Proverbs and Psalms; never smitings and plagues.

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    striking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
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  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking . In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something strikes or is struck.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

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