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Abrasion vs Plucking - What's the difference?

abrasion | plucking |

As nouns the difference between abrasion and plucking

is that abrasion is the act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction while plucking is an act in which something is plucked.

As a verb plucking is

present participle of lang=en.

abrasion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * abrade

    See also

    * contusion * laceration

    References

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    plucking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked
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