Difference between Boom and Smash

What is the difference between Boom and Smash?

Boom as a verb is to make a loud, resonant sound. while Smash as a verb is to break (something brittle) violently.

Boom

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a loud, resonant sound. To be prosperous.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: The sound of an explosion.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion. A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour. A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera. A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting. The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones, are transversally mounted . A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes. A period of prosperity or high market activity.

Example sentence: We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God's talking to us all the time. He's talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it's the Holy Spirit talking to us.

Smash

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The sound of a violent impact.A traffic accident.Something very successful.A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To break (something brittle) violently.To hit extremely hard.To ruin completely and suddenly.To defeat overwhelmingly.To deform through continuous pressure.To be destroyed by being smashed.

Example sentence: It's something my mother believed in: If you are in a position of privilege, if you can put your name to something that you genuinely believe in, you can smash any stigma you want, and you can encourage anybody to do anything.

We hope you now know whether to use Boom or Smash in your sentence.

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