telescope vs crush

crush vs telescope

telescope and crush both are nouns.

telescope and crush both are verbs.

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

As verbs, crush is a hypernym of telescope; that is, crush is a word with a broader meaning than telescope:

telescope: crush together or collapse
crush: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

Other hypernyms of telescope include mash, squash, squeeze, squelch.

telescope (noun)	crush (noun)
a magnifier of images of distant objects	the act of crushing
	temporary love of an adolescent
	a dense crowd of people
	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

telescope (verb)	crush (verb)
make smaller or shorter	break into small pieces
crush together or collapse	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

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