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Corroding vs Withering - What's the difference?

corroding | withering |

As verbs the difference between corroding and withering

is that corroding is while withering is .

As nouns the difference between corroding and withering

is that corroding is corrosion while withering is the act of something that withers.

As an adjective withering is

tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction.

corroding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • corrosion
  • * 1823 , Timothy Dwight, Travels in New-England and New-York (page 269)
    • My companions ate merely to satisfy the corrodings of hunger. I fasted till after three the succeeding morning.

    withering

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction.
    • The D-Day troops came under withering fire .
  • Diminishing rapidly.
    • The playboy seemed oblivious to his withering fortune as he continued in his decadent lifestyle .
  • Tending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way.
    • Jane's mother in law gave her a withering look .
    He made withering remarks about his adversary .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that withers.
  • * 1839 , William Jenkyn, ?James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude (page 274)
    • Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God.