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Degrade vs Corrode - What's the difference?

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Degrade is a related term of corrode.


As verbs the difference between degrade and corrode

is that degrade is while corrode is .

As an adjective corrode is

corroded.

degrade

English

Verb

(degrad)
  • To lower in value or social position.
  • Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
  • * Palfrey
  • Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.
  • To reduce in quality or purity.
  • The DNA sample has degraded .
  • (geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
  • Derived terms

    * degradation

    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