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Attrition vs Maneuver - What's the difference?

attrition | maneuver |

As nouns the difference between attrition and maneuver

is that attrition is wearing or grinding down by friction while maneuver is a movement, often one performed with difficulty.

As a verb maneuver is

to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

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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    maneuver

    English

    Alternative forms

    * manoeuvre (Commonwealth) * maneuvre, manoeuver (nonstandard) *

    Noun

  • (en noun) (American spelling)
  • A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
  • Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver .
  • (often, in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
  • The army was on maneuvers .
    Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.
  • An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
  • Verb

    (en-verb) (American spelling)
  • To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
  • (figurative) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
  • (figurative) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
  • :: ''The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts