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Corrode vs Corrade - What's the difference?

corrode | corrade |

As verbs the difference between corrode and corrade

is that corrode is to eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali while corrade is to gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

corrode

English

Verb

  • To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
  • To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
  • To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

    • Synonyms

    * (to eat away by degrees ): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear

    corrade

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
  • (geology) To erode, as the bed of a stream.
  • (obsolete) To scrape or rake together; to accumulate laboriously.

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