Crushed vs Bruised - What's the difference?
crushed | bruised |
(crush)
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
Broken, saddened, depressed.
* , chapter=7
, title= (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
(bruise)
To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
To become bruised.
To fight with the fists; to box.
* Thackeray
(medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.
As verbs the difference between crushed and bruised
is that crushed is (crush) while bruised is (bruise).As an adjective crushed
is pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.crushed
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(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
Derived terms
* crushed sugar * crushed velvetbruised
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(head)bruise
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(wikipedia bruise)Alternative forms
* bruize (obsolete)Verb
(bruis)- Bananas bruise easily.
- I bruise easily.
- Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom.