crush vs grind

crush and grind both are nouns.

crush and grind both are verbs.

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

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

crush: the act of crushing
grind: the act of grinding to a powder or dust

Other hyponyms of crush include mill, pulverisation, pulverization.

crush (noun)	grind (noun)
the act of crushing	the act of grinding to a powder or dust
temporary love of an adolescent	hard monotonous routine work
a dense crowd of people	the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

crush (verb)	grind (verb)
break into small pieces	reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure	make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict	press or grind with a crushing noise
make ineffective	shape or form by grinding
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition	created by grinding
crush or bruise	dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
humiliate or depress completely	work hard
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

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