Fling vs. Crush — What's the Difference?

Throw or hurl forcefully

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

A short period of enjoyment or wild behaviour

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

Short for Highland fling

To put down with force; subdue

To throw with violence

To overwhelm or oppress severely

To put or send suddenly or unexpectedly

To defeat overwhelmingly

To engage (oneself) in an activity with abandon and energy.

To crumple or rumple

To cast aside; discard

To hug, especially with great force.

To move quickly, violently, or impulsively

To hit or propel with great force

The act of flinging.

To press upon, shove, or crowd.

A brief period of indulging one's impulses.

To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing

(Informal) A usually brief attempt or effort

To be or become crushed

A brief, casual sexual or romantic relationship.

To proceed or move by crowding or pressing

An act of throwing, often violently.

The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing

An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.

A great crowd

An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.

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

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

A usually temporary infatuation

(figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").

One who is the object of such an infatuation.

(obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.

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

A lively Scottish country dance.

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

(obsolete) A trifling matter; an object of contempt.

A violent crowding.

To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.

A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

(transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.

(slang) A group or gang.

To throw; to wince; to flounce.

A crowd control barrier.

To utter abusive language; to sneer.

A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

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

To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.

The human object of such infatuation or affection.

To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.

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

To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.

(dated) A party or festive function.

To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.

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

To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

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 cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.

A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.

A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

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

A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.

A trifing matter; an object of contempt.

(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

A short period during which one indulges one's wishes, whims, or desires in an unrestrained manner.

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

A love affair.

To oppress or grievously burden.

A casual or brief attempt to accomplish something.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

A period during which one tries a new activity; as, he took a fling at playing tennis.

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

A usually brief attempt;

To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

A brief indulgence of your impulses

To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.

The act of flinging

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

Throw with force or recklessness;

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.

Move in an abrupt or headlong manner;

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

Indulge oneself;

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

Throw or cast away;

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;