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Rubbing vs Scrubbing - What's the difference?

rubbing | scrubbing |

As nouns the difference between rubbing and scrubbing

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 scrubbing is an act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.

As verbs the difference between rubbing and scrubbing

is that rubbing is while scrubbing is .

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)

    • scrubbing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.