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Rubbing vs Scouring - What's the difference?

rubbing | scouring |

As nouns the difference between rubbing and scouring

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 scouring is the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.

As verbs the difference between rubbing and scouring

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

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)

    • scouring

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
  • (of livestock) .

    • Derived terms

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    Verb

    (head)
    • Scouring the entire area revealed nothing.

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