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What is the difference between grind and mill?

grind | mill |

As verbs the difference between grind and mill

is that grind is to reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion while mill is to grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.

As nouns the difference between grind and mill

is that grind is the act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction while mill is a grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.

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grind

English

(wikipedia grind)

Verb

(see usage notes below )
  • To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
  • To shape with the force of friction.
  • grind a lens
    grind an axe
  • (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
  • To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
  • This corn grinds well.
    Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
  • To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
  • (sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
  • To oppress, hold down or weaken.
  • (slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
  • (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
  • (video games) To repeat a task in order to gain levels or items.
  • To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
  • To instill through repetitive teaching.
  • Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
  • (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
  • Eh, brah, let's go grind .
  • (slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
  • (Farrar)

    Usage notes

    * In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground. * Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete. * When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.

    Derived terms

    * bump and grind * have an axe to grind

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
  • A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
  • This bag contains espresso grind .
  • A tedious task.
  • This homework is a grind .
  • A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
  • (archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.
  • (subgenre of heavy metal)
  • mill

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
  • The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
  • A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process.
  • A machine for grinding and polishing.
  • A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
  • A building housing such a plant.
  • An establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely, such as a divorce mill, etc.
  • (label) an engine
  • (label) a boxing match, fistfight
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  • (label) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
  • (label) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
  • (label) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
  • A milling cutter.
  • (label) A card or deck that relies on the strategy of putting cards directly from the draw pile into the discard pile.
  • Synonyms
    * factory, works
    Derived terms
    {{der3, , cog mill , miller , millhouse , milling , mill race, millrace , millstone , mill wheel, millwheel , paper mill , pecker mill , pulp mill , rice mill , rolling mill , run-of-the-mill , rumor mill, rumour mill , steel mill , trouble at t' mill , watermill , windmill}}

    Etymology 2

    Ultimately from (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An obsolete coin with value one-thousandth of a dollar, or one-tenth of a cent.
  • One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.
  • Synonyms
    * (one thousandth part) permille,
    Coordinate terms
    * (one thousandth part) * percent * basis point
    Derived terms
    * millage

    Etymology 3

    From the noun .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
  • (label) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
  • (label) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
  • To move about in an aimless fashion.
  • To swim underwater.
  • To beat; to pound.
  • * Rudyard Kipling
  • (Thackeray)
  • To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
  • To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
  • To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
  • (label) To place cards into the discard pile directly from the draw pile.
  • Synonyms
    * (move about in an aimless fashion) roam, wander
    Derived terms
    * millable * nonmilled * unmilled

    References

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