Know The Difference Between Crash, Crush And Clash

Words like crash, crush, and clash are words people use interchangeably. Let’s take a look at the difference between these three words.

Know The Difference Between Crash, Crush And Clash

Crash

The meaning crash is to collide with, to hit or to strike.
Crash also means to move with force (causing noise or damage).
Crash means to show up without an invitation, and is informal.

Examples:

1. The dog slipped on the wet floor and crashed into the table.
2. The surfer lost control of his board and crashed into the boat.
3. Have you ever crashed a party?
4. Fogs occur during summer and early autumn, and furious gales may be expected four or five times in the year, when the crash of the Atlantic waves is audible for 20 m.
5. A woman at the last house up the road heard the crash.
6. There was a crash, and one of the barracks collapsed.
7. He’d barely survived the helo crash, she assessed, shocked.

Know The Difference Between Crash, Crush And Clash

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Crush

Crush simply means to compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

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It also means a brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable or a strong feeling of romantic love for someone that is usually not expressed and does not last a long time.

Example:

1. The tyre of car was crushed in the collision
2. Everywhere he went he was mobbed by a crush of fans.
3. She had a crush on you, you know.
4. I’d got over my schoolgirl crush.
5. The person who has a crush is usually young or is behaving or feeling like a young person

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Clash

Clash means to meet and come into violent conflict. Or a fight or argument between two people or groups

Example:

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1. The yellow shirt clashed with her purple skirt
2. A clash of tweeds and a striped shirt
3. Rioters hurled rocks and bottles in clashes with police this weekend.
4. There were violent clashes between the police and demonstrators in the center of the city