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Rasping vs Radula - What's the difference?

rasping | radula |

As nouns the difference between rasping and radula

is that rasping is a rasping sound while radula is (zoology) the rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.

As an adjective rasping

is raspy.

As a verb rasping

is .

rasping

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • raspy
    • He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rasping sound

    • Anagrams

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    radula

    English

    Noun

    (radulae)
  • (zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.
  • * 2015 , Asa H. Barber , Dun Lu , Nicola M. Pugno, "Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth", Journal of the Royal Society Interface , 18 February 2015
    • The radula end containing the first 5–10 rows of teeth showed evidence of wear from rasping over rock surfaces during feeding and was removed using dissection.

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