Striking vs Prominent - What's the difference?
striking | prominent |
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.
The act by which something strikes or is struck.
* 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
Eminent; distinguished above others.
As adjectives the difference between striking and prominent
is that striking is making a strong impression while prominent is standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.As a verb striking
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun striking
is the act by which something strikes or is struck.striking
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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?
