Erosion vs Corrosive - What's the difference?
erosion | corrosive |
(uncountable) The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
* 2012 , (George Monbiot), (Guardian Weekly) , August 24, p.20
(uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
(uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
(mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in (morphological image processing) from which all other morphological operations are derived.
(dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
(medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
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 nouns the difference between erosion and corrosive
is that erosion is erosion while corrosive is that which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.As an adjective 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.erosion
English
(wikipedia erosion)Noun
(en noun)- Even second-generation in the ground.
Derived terms
* erosive * erosional * sheet erosion * splash erosioncorrosive
English
(wikipedia corrosive)Adjective
(en adjective)- Care is no cure, but corrosive .