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Grafting vs Grating - What's the difference?

grafting | grating |

As verbs the difference between grafting and grating

is that grafting is present participle of lang=en while grating is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between grafting and grating

is that grafting is the act, art, or process of inserting grafts while grating is a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

As an adjective grating is

(typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant.

grafting

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (wikipedia grafting) (en noun)
  • (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
  • (nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
  • (surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
  • (carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
  • Derived terms

    * cleft grafting * crown grafting * rind grafting * saddle grafting * side grafting * skin grafting * splice grafting * whip grafting * tongue grafting * grafting scissors * grafting tool * grafting wax

    grating

    Adjective

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  • (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

    Verb

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