Abrasive vs Forcible - What's the difference?
abrasive | forcible |
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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Able to be forced.
Having force.
* Bible, Job vi. 2
* Francis Bacon
* Hooker
Done by force. Oxford American Dictionaries (MacBook widget)
* 2008 , U.S. Department of Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Having a powerful effect; telling
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As adjectives the difference between abrasive and forcible
is that abrasive is producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface while forcible is able to be forced.As a noun abrasive
is a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.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
forcible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- How forcible are right words!
- Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken.
- That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin.
Crime in the United States
- Forcible rape, as defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded.
