Lacerate vs Dent - What's the difference?
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To tear, rip or wound.
To thoroughly defeat; to thrash
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(botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
(by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
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To impact something, producing a dent.
To develop a dent or dents.
Lacerate is a related term of dent.
As verbs the difference between lacerate and dent
is that lacerate is to tear, rip or wound while dent is to impact something, producing a dent.As an adjective lacerate
is (botany) jagged, as if torn or lacerated.As a noun dent is
a shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact or dent can be (engineering) a tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.lacerate
English
Verb
(lacerat)citation, page= , passage=When the fixtures tumbled out of the computer for the start of a newly promoted season, Nigel Adkins must have wondered whether he had unknowingly broken any mirrors while walking under a ladder. Hot on the heels of a tough introduction to both Manchester clubs, a rampant Arsenal lacerated Southampton.}}
Adjective
(-)- The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.
dent
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) . More at dint.Noun
(en noun)- The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
- That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
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Verb
(en verb)- ''Copper is soft and dents easily.
