machucar vs. aplastar

Question

What's the difference between machucar and aplastar? I'm given no context.

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Answer 1

Real Academia Española has this to say:

machucar
1. verbo transitivo. machacar (? golpear). (Transitive Verb, meaning to crush or smash (to beat down)
2. verbo transitivo. El Salv. y Nic. pisar (? poner el pie sobre algo). (Transitive Verb in El Salvador and Nicaragua, meaning to step (put foot on something)
3. verbo transitivo. El Salv. y Nic. Dicho de un ave macho: pisar (? cubrir a la hembra). (Transitive Verb in El Salvador and Nicaragua, basically a way of saying "to copulate"

aplastar
1. verbo transitivo. Deformar una cosa por presión o golpe, aplanándola o disminuyendo su grueso o espesor. Usado también como verbo pronominal. (Transitive Verb meaning to deform something by pressure or smashing, flattening it or reducing its thickness. Used also as a pronominal verb)
2. verbo transitivo. Derrotar, vencer, humillar. (Transitive Verb meaning to defeat, overcome, or humiliate)
3.verbo transitivo coloquial. apabullar (? confundir, intimidar). (Colloquial Transitive Verb meaning to overwhelm (confound or intimidate)
4. verbo transitivo. Arg. y Ur. Extenuar la cabalgadura. Usado también como verbo pronominal. (Argentinian and Uruguayan Transitive Verb meaning "to exhaust the steed." Used also as a pronominal verb)

I hope that this helps

Answer 2

The two can be used synonamously in various situations as mentioned by the translators, but what they don´t say is that aplastarse is also a very slang way to say sentarse.