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Eraser vs Erasure - What's the difference?

eraser | erasure |

As nouns the difference between eraser and erasure

is that eraser is a thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil while erasure is the action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

eraser

English

(wikipedia eraser)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
    • I have worn out the eraser on this pencil.
  • (US) A thing used to erase something written by chalk on a chalkboard; chalkboard eraser.
  • (computing) An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.

    • Synonyms

    * (thing used to remove markings) rubber (UK) * (thing used to remove markings) india rubber (UK) * (thing used to remove markings) bungee (UK)

    erasure

    English

    Noun

  • The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
  • The state of having been erased; total blankness.
  • *
  • (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
    • bisexual erasure

    Synonyms

    * (action of erasing) cancelation (US), cancellation (British), canceling (US), cancelling (British), deleting]], deletion, erasing, obliterating, obliteration, [[wipe, wiping * (state of having been erased) blankness