Crush vs. Compress — What's the Difference?

To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure

Compress is a Unix shell compression program based on the LZW compression algorithm. Compared to more modern compression utilities such as gzip and bzip2, compress performs faster and with less memory usage, at the cost of a significantly lower compression ratio.

To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.

To press together

To put down with force; subdue

To make more compact by or as if by pressing.

To overwhelm or oppress severely

(Computers) To encode (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmittal

To defeat overwhelmingly

(Medicine) A soft pad of gauze or other material applied with pressure to a part of the body to control hemorrhage or to supply heat, cold, moisture, or medication to alleviate pain or reduce infection.

To crumple or rumple

A machine for compressing material.

To hug, especially with great force.

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

To hit or propel with great force

(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

To press upon, shove, or crowd.

(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing

(transitive) To abridge.

To be or become crushed

To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

To proceed or move by crowding or pressing

(obsolete) To embrace sexually.

The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing

A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

A great crowd

A machine for compressing.

A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.

A usually temporary infatuation

To embrace sexually.

One who is the object of such an infatuation.

To reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use.

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

A violent crowding.

Make more compact by or as if by pressing;

A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

Squeeze or press together;

(slang) A group or gang.

A crowd control barrier.

A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.

(informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.

The human object of such infatuation or affection.

A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.

(dated) A party or festive function.

(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.

The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.

A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.

(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).

To oppress or grievously burden.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.

To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.

To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

To oppress or burden grievously.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

To subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch.

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.

Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

A dense crowd of people

Temporary love of an adolescent

The act of crushing

Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;

Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

Break into small pieces;

Humiliate or depress completely;

Crush or bruise;

Make ineffective;

Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;