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Rubbing vs Grinding - What's the difference?

rubbing | grinding |

As nouns the difference between rubbing and grinding

is that rubbing is an impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent while grinding is the action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.

As verbs the difference between rubbing and grinding

is that rubbing is present participle of lang=en while grinding is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective grinding is

of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.

rubbing

English

(wikipedia rubbing)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • grinding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.
    • Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine.
  • (dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.
  • (online gaming) Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.
    • The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree .