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Canker vs Gnaw - What's the difference?

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Canker is a related term of gnaw.


In lang=en terms the difference between canker and gnaw

is that canker is to waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral while gnaw is to produce excessive anxiety or worry.

As verbs the difference between canker and gnaw

is that canker is to affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume while gnaw is to bite something persistently, especially something tough.

As a noun canker

is (botany) a plant disease marked by gradual decay.

canker

English

Noun

  • (botany) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
  • A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
  • Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
  • * Temple
    • the cankers of envy and faction
  • A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
  • * Shakespeare
    • To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose, / And plant this thorn, this canker , Bolingbroke.
  • An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
  • An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae .
  • An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; usually resulting from neglected thrush.

    • Synonyms

    * water canker, canker of the mouth, noma * (bird disease) avian trichomoniasis, roup * (hawk disease) frounce

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
  • * 1849 , , In Memoriam , 26:
    • Still onward winds the dreary way; / I with it; for I long to prove / No lapse of moons can canker Love, / Whatever fickle tongues may say.
  • To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
  • To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
  • To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

    • References

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    gnaw

    English

    Verb

  • To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
    • The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
  • To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
    • Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
  • To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

    • Derived terms

    * gnawer * gnawable

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