What is the difference between abrasive and carborundum?
abrasive | carborundum |
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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As nouns the difference between abrasive and carborundum
is that abrasive is a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing while Carborundum is alternative capitalization of lang=en.As an adjective abrasive
is producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.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 .