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Chafing vs Chapping - What's the difference?

chafing | chapping |

As verbs the difference between chafing and chapping

is that chafing is while chapping is .

As a noun chafing

is the act by which something is chafed.

chafing

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is chafed.
  • * 1853 , The Popular Educator: Volume 3 (page 325)
    • The constant and irresistible pressure of such a ponderous mass in motion must occasion certain rubbings and chafings against the rugged bottoms and projecting sides of the rocks amid which they move.

    chapping

    English

    Verb

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