Encroachment vs Erosion - What's the difference?
encroachment | erosion |
An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion.
(legal) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
(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.
As nouns the difference between encroachment and erosion
is that encroachment is an entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion while erosion is erosion.encroachment
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Alternative forms
* incroachmentNoun
(en-noun)erosion
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(wikipedia erosion)Noun
(en noun)- Even second-generation in the ground.