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Lacerate vs Rending - What's the difference?

lacerate | rending |

As verbs the difference between lacerate and rending

is that lacerate is to tear, rip or wound while rending is .

As an adjective lacerate

is (botany) jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

As a noun rending is

the act by which something is rent, or torn.

lacerate

English

Verb

(lacerat)
  • To tear, rip or wound.
  • To thoroughly defeat; to thrash
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian 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

    (-)
  • (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
    • The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.
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    rending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * heart-rending

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is rent, or torn.
    • rendings of garments

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