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Piercing vs Corroding - What's the difference?

piercing | corroding | Related terms |

Piercing is a related term of corroding.


As nouns the difference between piercing and corroding

is that piercing is body piercing while corroding is corrosion.

As a verb corroding is

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piercing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to pierce
  • A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it
    • ear piercing
  • The jewelry itself

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Anything or anyone that pierces.
    • piercing eyes
    The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.

    corroding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • corrosion
  • * 1823 , Timothy Dwight, Travels in New-England and New-York (page 269)
    • My companions ate merely to satisfy the corrodings of hunger. I fasted till after three the succeeding morning.