Shatter vs. Smash — What's the Difference?

(transitive) To destroy or disable something.

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

To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow.

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

To damage seriously; disable

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

To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy

To strike with a heavy blow or impact

To break into pieces; smash or burst

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

Often shatters A fragment or splinter

To cause to come into forceful contact with something

A scattering collection or spray of fragments

To crush or destroy completely

(transitive) To violently break something into pieces.

To surpass or outdo by a large margin

(intransitive) To smash, or break into tiny pieces.

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

(transitive) To dispirit or emotionally defeat.

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

Of seeds: to be dispersed upon ripening.

To go bankrupt.

(obsolete) To scatter about.

A heavy blow or collision

A fragment of anything shattered.

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

A (pine) needle.

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

A form of concentrated cannabis.

Total defeat or destruction; ruin.

To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.

Financial failure; bankruptcy.

To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.

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

To scatter about.

A soft drink made of crushed fruit.

To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.

(Informal) A resounding success

A fragment of anything shattered; - used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.

Of, relating to, or being a resounding success

Break into many pieces;

With a sudden violent crash.

Break into many pieces;

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

A traffic collision.

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

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

A bankruptcy.

A disaster; a bad situation.

A mashed foodstuff.

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

Airspeed; dynamic pressure.

(transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.

(intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.

(transitive) To hit extremely hard.

To ruin completely and suddenly.

To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.

To deform through continuous pressure.

To have sexual intercourse with.

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

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

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

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

Hence, bankruptcy.

A vigorous blow;

A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

The act of colliding with something;

A conspicuous success;

Hit hard;

Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;

Reduce to bankruptcy;

Hit violently;

Humiliate or depress completely;

Damage or destroy as if by violence;

Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

Collide or strike violently and suddenly;

Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);

Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow;

With a loud crash;