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Mashing vs Grinding - What's the difference?

mashing | grinding |

As verbs the difference between mashing and grinding

is that mashing is present participle of lang=en while grinding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between mashing and grinding

is that mashing is the action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process while grinding is the action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.

As an adjective grinding is

of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.

mashing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia mashing) (en noun)
  • The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.
  • * 1835 , Robert Dundas Thomson, ?Thomas Thomson, Records of General Science (volume 2, page 459)
    • More hot water is added, and the mashing process repeated, until the grain has been wholly deprived of its saccharine matter, which is generally accomplished by three, or at the most, four mashings
  • Preparing tea (in a teapot).

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    grinding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.
    • Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine.
  • (dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.
  • (online gaming) Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.
    • The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree .