What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Squashing vs Suppressing - What's the difference?

squashing | suppressing |

As verbs the difference between squashing and suppressing

is that squashing is present participle of lang=en while suppressing is present participle of suppress.

As nouns the difference between squashing and suppressing

is that squashing is the act by which something is squashed; a pressing while suppressing is the act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.

As an adjective squashing

is belittling.

squashing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Belittling.
  • * 1978 , Kerry Allyne, Tuesday's Jillaroo
    • ...what she hoped was a suitably imperious and squashing tone.

    Derived terms

    * squashingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is squashed; a pressing.

    • Anagrams

    *

    suppressing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.