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Fretting vs Chafing - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between fretting and chafing

is that fretting is present participle of fret while chafing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between fretting and chafing

is that fretting is action of the verb to fret while chafing is the act by which something is chafed.

fretting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb to fret .

    • chafing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is chafed.
  • * 1853 , The Popular Educator: Volume 3 (page 325)
    • The constant and irresistible pressure of such a ponderous mass in motion must occasion certain rubbings and chafings against the rugged bottoms and projecting sides of the rocks amid which they move.