Abrasion vs Grinding - What's the difference?
abrasion | grinding |
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
(dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
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The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.
(dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.
(online gaming) Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.
Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.
As nouns the difference between abrasion and grinding
is that abrasion is the act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction while grinding is the action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.As a verb grinding is
present participle of lang=en.As an adjective grinding is
of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.abrasion
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* contusion * lacerationReferences
grinding
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine.
Adjective
(head)- The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree .