Abrasive vs Brazen - What's the difference?
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Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; causing irritation.
A substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
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(archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 31.
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Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable.
Shamelessly shocking and offensive; impudent; barefaced; immodest; or unblushing.
To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out'' or ''through .
* W. Black.
English adjectives ending in -en
As adjectives the difference between abrasive and brazen
is that abrasive is producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface while brazen is pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).As a noun abrasive
is a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.As a verb brazen is
to carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.abrasive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.
- Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive .
Noun
(en noun)References
brazen
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Brazen or rather copper swords seem to have been next introduced; these in process of time, workmen learned to harden by the addition of some other metal or mineral, which rendered them almost equal in temper to iron.
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- Brazen enough to spit on one of her students during class and wipe it in with her hand.
Derived terms
* brazen age * brazen seaVerb
(en verb)- Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
