Slam vs. Smash — What's the Difference?

To shut with force and loud noise

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

To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise

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

To hit or strike with great force.

To strike with a heavy blow or impact

(Slang) To criticize harshly; censure forcefully.

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

(Slang) To drink quickly (a beverage, especially an alcoholic one). Often used with back or down.

To cause to come into forceful contact with something

To close or swing into place with force so as to produce a loud noise.

To crush or destroy completely

To hit something with force; crash

To surpass or outdo by a large margin

A forceful impact that makes a loud noise.

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

A noise so produced.

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

An act of shutting forcefully and loudly

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

(Slang) A harsh or devastating criticism.

To go bankrupt.

A poetry slam.

A heavy blow or collision

The winning of all the tricks or all but one during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.

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

A contract to make a slam.

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

To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

Total defeat or destruction; ruin.

To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)

Financial failure; bankruptcy.

(ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.

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

(intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.

A soft drink made of crushed fruit.

 To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.

(Informal) A resounding success

To defeat or overcome in a match.

Of, relating to, or being a resounding success

To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.

With a sudden violent crash.

To compete in a poetry slam.

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

(basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.

A traffic collision.

To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.

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

(transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.

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

To inject intravenously; shoot up.

A bankruptcy.

To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.

A disaster; a bad situation.

To occupy and busy with a high workload.

A mashed foodstuff.

To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

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

To make a slam bid.

Airspeed; dynamic pressure.

(countable) A sudden impact or blow.

(transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.

(countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.

(intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.

A slam dunk.

(transitive) To hit extremely hard.

One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.

To ruin completely and suddenly.

An insult.

To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.

The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.

To deform through continuous pressure.

A poetry slam.

To have sexual intercourse with.

A slambook.

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

A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs

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

A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.

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

A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.

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

Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.

Hence, bankruptcy.

A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.

A vigorous blow;

Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.

A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

(obsolete) A shambling fellow.

A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

The act of colliding with something;

To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; - usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.

A conspicuous success;

To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.

Hit hard;

To strike down; to slaughter.

Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;

To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

Reduce to bankruptcy;

To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.

Hit violently;

The act of one who, or that which, slams.

Humiliate or depress completely;

The shock and noise produced in slamming.

Damage or destroy as if by violence;

Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam or small slam).

Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

The refuse of alum works.

Collide or strike violently and suddenly;

Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);

The noise made by the forcefaul impact of two objects

Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow;

A forceful impact that makes a loud noise

With a loud crash;

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

Close violently;

Strike violently;

Dance the slam dance

Throw violently;