Abrade vs Dethatch - What's the difference?
abrade | dethatch |
To rub or wear off; erode.
To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate.
To irritate by rubbing; chafe.
To cause the surface to become more rough.
To undergo abrasion.
To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 12, author=Jay Romano, title=Grass, Simplified: Hire Someone, work=New York Times
, passage=The services available vary widely, from basic tasks like mowing and edging walkways and flower beds to more involved work like trimming shrubs and bushes, applying fertilizer and pesticides, and dethatching , which removes layers of dead grass. }}
In transitive terms the difference between abrade and dethatch
is that abrade is obsolete spelling of lang=en while dethatch is to abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.abrade
English
Etymology 1
* First attested in 1677. * From (etyl) .Verb
(abrad)Etymology 2
From (etyl) abraiden.Verb
(abrad)References
dethatch
English
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