Graze vs Shave - What's the difference?

Graze is a related term of shave.

In lang=en terms the difference between graze and shave

is that graze is to yield grass for grazing while shave is to cut finely, as with slices of meat.

As nouns the difference between graze and shave

is that graze is the act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing while shave is an instance of shaving.

As verbs the difference between graze and shave

is that graze is to feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc) with grass; to furnish pasture for while shave is to make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

graze

English

Noun

(en noun)

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

Verb

(graz)

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

* Jonathan Swift

a field or two to graze his cows

* 1999:' Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever '''grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall. — ''Stardust , Neil Gaiman, page 4 (2001 Perennial Edition).

(ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

Cattle graze in the meadows.

* Alexander Pope

The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.

* 1993 , John Montroll, Origami Inside-Out (page 41)

The bird [Canada goose] is more often found on land than other waterfowl because of its love for seeds and grains. The long neck is well adapted for grazing .

To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

* Shakespeare

when Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep

To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

the bullet grazed the wall

* 1851 ,

But in that gale, the port, the land, is that ship’s direst jeopardy; she must fly all hospitality; one touch of land, though it but graze the keel, would make her shudder through and through.

To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.

to graze one's knee

To yield grass for grazing.

* Francis Bacon

The sewers must be kept so as the water may not stay too long in the spring; for then the ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose that year.

Derived terms

* overgraze

Anagrams

* ----

shave

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) shaven, schaven, from (etyl) , (etyl) skafa.

Verb

To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

To cut anything in this fashion.

The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.

To remove hair from one's face by this means.

I had little time to shave this morning.

To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

* Milton

Now shaves with level wing the deep.

* 1899 ,

(archaic) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.

(US, slang, dated, transitive) To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.

Derived terms

* aftershave * reshave * shave brush / shaving brush * shaving bump * shave cream / shaving cream * shave foam / shaving foam * shave down * shave off * shaveling * unshaved

Etymology 2

(etyl) sceafa

Noun

(en noun)

An instance of shaving.

I instructed the barber to give me a shave .

A thin slice; a shaving.

(Wright)

(US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.

(US, slang, dated) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.

A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.

Derived terms

* close shave