The difference between Crash and Smash
When used as nouns, crash means an automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident, whereas smash means the sound of a violent impact.
When used as verbs, crash means to collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently, whereas smash means to break (something brittle) violently.
Crash is also adjective with the meaning: quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
check bellow for the other definitions of Crash and Smash
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Crash as a noun:
An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
Examples:
"She broke two bones in her body in a car crash."
"Nobody survived the plane crash"
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Crash as a noun:
A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable.
Examples:
"My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it."
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Crash as a noun:
A loud sound as made for example by cymbals.
Examples:
"The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals."
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Crash as a noun:
A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Examples:
"the stock market crash"
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Crash as a noun:
A comedown of a drug.
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Crash as a noun:
A group of rhinoceroses.
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Crash as a noun:
dysphoria
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Crash as an adjective:
quick, fast, intensive, impromptu
Examples:
"[[crash course]]"
"crash diet"
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Crash as a verb (transitive):
To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
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Crash as a verb (transitive):
To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
Examples:
"I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs."
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Crash as a verb (transitive, slang):
(via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions.
Examples:
"We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it."
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Crash as a verb (transitive, management):
To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
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Crash as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements.
Examples:
"Hey [[dude]], can I crash at your [[pad]]?"
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Crash as a verb (slang):
To give, as a favor.
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Crash as a verb (slang):
To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
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Crash as a verb (computing, software, intransitive):
To terminate extraordinarily.
Examples:
"If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop."
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Crash as a verb (computing, software, transitive):
To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
Examples:
"Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop."
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Crash as a verb (intransitive):
To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
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Crash as a verb (transitive):
To hit or strike with force
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Crash as a verb (medicine, of a [[patient]]'s [[condition]]):
To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
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Crash as a verb:
To make a sudden loud noise.
Examples:
"Thunder crashed directly overhead."
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Crash as a noun (fibre):
A type of rough linen.
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Smash as a noun:
The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
Examples:
"I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding."
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Smash as a noun (British, colloquial):
A traffic collision.
Examples:
"The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash."
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Smash as a noun (colloquial, entertainment):
Something very successful.
Examples:
"This new show of mine is sure to be a smash."
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Smash as a noun (tennis):
A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
Examples:
"A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points."
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Smash as a noun (colloquial, archaic):
A bankruptcy.
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Smash as a verb:
To break (something brittle) violently.
Examples:
"The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble."
"The flying rock smashed the window to pieces."
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Smash as a verb (intransitive):
To be destroyed by being smashed.
Examples:
"The crockery smashed as it hit the floor."
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Smash as a verb:
To hit extremely hard.
Examples:
"He smashed his head against the table."
"Bonds smashed the ball 467 feet, the second longest home run in the history of the park."
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Smash as a verb (figuratively):
To ruin completely and suddenly.
Examples:
"The news smashed any hopes of a reunion."
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Smash as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success.
Examples:
"The Indians smashed the Yankees 22-0."
"I really smashed that English exam."
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Smash as a verb (US):
To deform through continuous pressure.
Examples:
"I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand."
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Smash as a verb (transitive, slang, vulgar):
To have sexual intercourse with.
Examples:
"Would you smash her?"