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Grating vs Gnashy - What's the difference?

grating | gnashy |

As adjectives the difference between grating and gnashy

is that grating is (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant while gnashy is gnashing the teeth.

As a noun grating

is a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

As a verb grating

is .

grating

English

(wikipedia grating)

Adjective

(head)
  • (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant
  • abrasive; tending to annoy

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
  • A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
  • The loose material that comes from something being grated.
    • Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
  • An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
  • (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.

    • Synonyms

    * grill

    Related terms

    * grate

    Verb

    (head)

    • gnashy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • gnashing the teeth
  • (of a sound) grating and harsh
  • (informal)
    • explain and word all that gnashy science into flowery bower chat