Corrosive vs Acidproof - What's the difference?
corrosive | acidproof |
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
* Shakespeare
destroying or undermining something gradually
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
As adjectives the difference between corrosive and acidproof
is that corrosive is eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid while acidproof is resistant to the corrosive effects of acid.As a noun corrosive
is that which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.corrosive
English
(wikipedia corrosive)Adjective
(en adjective)- Care is no cure, but corrosive .