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Grating vs Stony - What's the difference?

grating | stony |

As adjectives the difference between grating and stony

is that grating is (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant while stony is as hard as stone.

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)

    • stony

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • As hard as stone.
  • Containing or made up of stones.
    • a stony path
  • (figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
  • (figuratively) Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion.
    • She gave him a stony reception.

    Synonyms

    * (hard as stone ): as hard as iron, as hard as a rock, rock-hard * (containing stones ): pebbly, rocky, shingly * (of a person ): cold, cool, hard-hearted, heartless, impassive, unemotional, unfeeling * (of an action ): cold, cool, frosty, unwelcoming

    Antonyms

    * (hard as stone ): soft * (of a person ): passionate, warm * (of an action ): warm, welcoming

    Derived terms

    * stoniness * stony-faced

    Anagrams

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