Abrasive vs Impolite - What's the difference?
abrasive | impolite |
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.
As adjectives the difference between abrasive and impolite
is that abrasive is producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface while impolite is not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.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 .