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Attrition vs Attuition - What's the difference?

attrition | attuition |

As nouns the difference between attrition and attuition

is that attrition is wearing or grinding down by friction while attuition is (psychology) a supposed form of apprehension midway between sensation in animals and perception in human beings.

attrition

English

Noun

  • wearing or grinding down by friction
  • the gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
  • (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death
  • (sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment
  • (theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse
  • (dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding
  • Synonyms

    * (employment reduction by natural causes) natural wastage

    Antonyms

    * accretion

    Derived terms

    * attrit * attritional * attritionary * attritive * attrition damage

    Anagrams

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    attuition

    English

    Noun

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  • (psychology) A supposed form of apprehension midway between sensation in animals and perception in human beings.
  • * 1898 , S. S. Laurie, "The Growth of Mind," The School Review , vol. 6, no. 2, p. 83n:
  • But what of non-rational beings—the animal or infant-man of attuition ?