compressing vs crush

compressing and crush both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compressing	Yes	No	No	No
crush	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, crush is a hyponym of compressing; that is, crush is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than compressing:

Other hyponyms of compressing include squeeze, squeezing, condensation, condensing, compaction, crunch, constriction.

compressing (noun)	crush (noun)
applying pressure	the act of crushing
	temporary love of an adolescent
	a dense crowd of people
	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

compressing (verb)	crush (verb)
	break into small pieces
	become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	make ineffective
	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
	crush or bruise
	humiliate or depress completely
	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority