Attrition vs Killing - What's the difference?
attrition | killing |
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
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
Devastatingly attractive.
That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 471:
an instance of someone being killed
(informal) A large amount of money.
As nouns the difference between attrition and killing
is that attrition is wearing or grinding down by friction while killing is an instance of someone being killed.As a verb killing is
present participle of lang=en.As an adjective killing is
that literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.attrition
English
Noun
Synonyms
* (employment reduction by natural causes) natural wastageAntonyms
* accretionDerived terms
* attrit * attritional * attritionary * attritive * attrition damageAnagrams
*killing
English
(wikipedia killing)Verb
(head)- This work is killing me.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Livia found her ‘killing ’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
Noun
(en noun)- He made a killing on the stock market.
