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Stroked vs Striking - What's the difference?

stroked | striking |

As adjectives the difference between stroked and striking

is that stroked is (of a car engine) having a replacement crankshaft with a longer stroke than normal while striking is making a strong impression.

As verbs the difference between stroked and striking

is that stroked is (stroke) while striking is .

As a noun striking is

the act by which something strikes or is struck.

stroked

English

Adjective

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  • (of a car engine) Having a replacement crankshaft with a longer stroke than normal

    • Antonyms

    * unstroked

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stroke)

    • striking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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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