Exfoliate vs Excoriate - What's the difference?
exfoliate | excoriate |
To remove the leaves from a plant.
To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
(mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
To strongly denounce or censure.
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As verbs the difference between exfoliate and excoriate
is that exfoliate is to remove the leaves from a plant while excoriate is to wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.exfoliate
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(en-verb)Derived terms
* exfoliant * foliate * foliation * exfoliating * exfoliationexcoriate
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(excoriat)- Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.
Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary," New York Times , 13 Sep. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008):
- Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics.
