Crush vs. Grinding — What's the Difference?

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

To reduce to small bits or crush to a fine powder

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

To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction

To put down with force; subdue

To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash

To overwhelm or oppress severely

To bear down on harshly; crush

To defeat overwhelmingly

To oppress or weaken gradually or persistently

To crumple or rumple

To operate by turning a crank

To hug, especially with great force.

To instill or teach by persistent repetition

To hit or propel with great force

To perform the operation of grinding something.

To press upon, shove, or crowd.

To become crushed, pulverized, or powdered by friction

To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing

To move with noisy friction; grate

To be or become crushed

Past tense and past participle grind·ed(grīndĭd) To ride a skateboard, a snowboard, or skis over a grind rail or narrow surface, often with the board or skis at right angles to the direction of movement.

To proceed or move by crowding or pressing

(Informal) To devote oneself to study or work

The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing

Past tense and past participle grind·ed(grīndĭd) Slang To rotate the pelvis erotically, as while dancing or performing a striptease.

A great crowd

The act of grinding.

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

A crunching or grinding noise.

A usually temporary infatuation

A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans

One who is the object of such an infatuation.

Bits of ground coffee; grounds.

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

(Informal) A laborious task, routine, or study

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

(Informal) A student who works or studies excessively.

A violent crowding.

(Slang) An erotic rotation of the pelvis.

A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

Present participle of grind

(slang) A group or gang.

The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.

A crowd control barrier.

(dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.

A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.

Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.

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

Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.

The human object of such infatuation or affection.

Relentlessly taxing; burdensome; exacting to the point of exhaustion.

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

(obsolete) Crushing; oppressive; overwhelming.

(dated) A party or festive function.

From Grind.

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

Matter resulting from the process of grinding;

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 harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)

A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.

The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

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;