Crush vs. Smash — What's the Difference?

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

To break (something) into pieces suddenly, noisily, and violently; shatter.

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

To render (something) into a mush or pulp, as by throwing or crushing

To put down with force; subdue

To strike with a heavy blow or impact

To overwhelm or oppress severely

(Sports) To hit (a ball, puck, or shuttlecock) in a forceful overhand stroke.

To defeat overwhelmingly

To cause to come into forceful contact with something

To crumple or rumple

To crush or destroy completely

To hug, especially with great force.

To surpass or outdo by a large margin

To hit or propel with great force

To move and strike or collide suddenly, noisily, and violently

To press upon, shove, or crowd.

To break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow or collision

To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing

(Sports) To hit a ball, puck, or shuttlecock in a forceful overhand stroke.

To be or become crushed

To go bankrupt.

To proceed or move by crowding or pressing

A heavy blow or collision

The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing

(Sports) A forceful overhand stroke, as in tennis or badminton.

A great crowd

A violent breaking of something or the noise made by such breaking

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

Total defeat or destruction; ruin.

A usually temporary infatuation

Financial failure; bankruptcy.

One who is the object of such an infatuation.

A drink made of mint, sugar, soda water, and alcoholic liquor, usually brandy.

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

A soft drink made of crushed fruit.

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

(Informal) A resounding success

A violent crowding.

Of, relating to, or being a resounding success

A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

With a sudden violent crash.

(slang) A group or gang.

The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.

A crowd control barrier.

A traffic collision.

A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.

(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).

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

(tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.

The human object of such infatuation or affection.

A bankruptcy.

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

A disaster; a bad situation.

(dated) A party or festive function.

A mashed foodstuff.

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

A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.

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.

Airspeed; dynamic pressure.

A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.

(transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.

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

(intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.

(transitive) To hit extremely hard.

(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

To ruin completely and suddenly.

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

To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.

To oppress or grievously burden.

To deform through continuous pressure.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

To have sexual intercourse with.

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

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke.

To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.

To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.

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

A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.

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.

Hence, bankruptcy.

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

A vigorous blow;

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

A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

To oppress or burden grievously.

A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

The act of colliding with something;

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

A conspicuous success;

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

Hit hard;

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

Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;

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

Reduce to bankruptcy;

Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

Hit violently;

A dense crowd of people

Humiliate or depress completely;

Temporary love of an adolescent

Damage or destroy as if by violence;

The act of crushing

Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

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

Collide or strike violently and suddenly;

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

Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);

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

Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow;

Break into small pieces;

With a loud crash;

Humiliate or depress completely;

Crush or bruise;

Make ineffective;

Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;