Staggering vs Crushing - What's the difference?
staggering | crushing |
The motion of one who staggers.
* 1837 , Memoirs of Mirabeau'' (in ''The Westminster Review , volume 26, page 436)
That which staggers something or somebody.
* (Ebenezer Erskine)
That crushes; overwhelming.
Devastatingly disheartening.
The action of the verb to crush .
A former method of execution.
As verbs the difference between staggering and crushing
is that staggering is while crushing is .As adjectives the difference between staggering and crushing
is that staggering is incredible, overwhelming, amazing while crushing is that crushes; overwhelming.As nouns the difference between staggering and crushing
is that staggering is the motion of one who staggers while crushing is the action of the verb to crush .staggering
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Verb
(head)Derived terms
* staggeringlyNoun
(en noun)- There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings
- But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings , although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory
crushing
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a crushing defeat
- crushing guilt
- Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing .
Synonyms
(disheartening) * (l) (British) * See alsoNoun
(wikipedia crushing)- oilseed crushings