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Scarification vs Stratification - What's the difference?

scarification | stratification |

As nouns the difference between scarification and stratification

is that scarification is the act of scarifying - of raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc while stratification is the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks.

scarification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of scarifying - of raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
  • A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.

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    stratification

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stratification) (en noun)
  • the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks
  • (music) a layering of musical texture
  • (ecology) the vertical layering of vegetation in a forest

    • Derived terms

    *economic stratification *lake stratification *social stratification *substratification