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Tearing vs Crushing - What's the difference?

tearing | crushing |

As verbs the difference between tearing and crushing

is that tearing is present participle of lang=en while crushing is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between tearing and crushing

is that tearing is very hasty while crushing is that crushes; overwhelming.

As nouns the difference between tearing and crushing

is that tearing is the act by which something is torn; a laceration while crushing is the action of the verb to crush.

tearing

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • very hasty
    • a tearing hurry

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
  • (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
  • * 2003 , David P. Luebke, Level of detail for 3D graphics (page 303)
    • Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

    • Anagrams

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    crushing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That crushes; overwhelming.
    • a crushing defeat
  • Devastatingly disheartening.
    • crushing guilt
    Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing .

    Synonyms

    (disheartening) * (l) (British) * See also

    Noun

    (wikipedia crushing)
  • The action of the verb to crush .
    • oilseed crushings
  • A former method of execution.

    • Anagrams

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