Rating vs Grating - What's the difference?
rating | grating |
A position on a scale
An evaluation of status, especially of financial status
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
(nautical) A seaman in a warship
*2014 , BBC News,
*:Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok.
(nautical) The status of a seaman, corresponding to rank in officers.
* In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are:- ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer
(typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant
abrasive; tending to annoy
A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
The loose material that comes from something being grated.
An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
(nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
As verbs the difference between rating and grating
is that rating is while grating is .As nouns the difference between rating and grating
is that rating is a position on a scale while grating is a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.As an adjective grating is
(typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant.rating
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- They have a poor credit rating .
- He has a high chess rating .
Huge Russian warship fascinates French in Saint-Nazaire
Anagrams
* *grating
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(wikipedia grating)Adjective
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.