different between pushing vs striking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p????/

Verb

pushing

1. present participle of push

Adjective

pushing (comparative more pushing, superlative most pushing)

1. That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
2. (now rare) Aggressively assertive; pushy.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Ch.XV:

     Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair […]

Derived terms

• forthpushing

Noun

pushing (plural pushings)

1. The act by which something is pushed.

   We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.

Anagrams

• gunship

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?a?k??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Adjective

striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)

1. Making a strong impression.

   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

   • 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):

     This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.

Translations

Verb

striking

1. present participle of strike

Noun

striking (plural strikings)

1. The act by which something strikes or is struck.
   • 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)

     We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

Anagrams

• skirting