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Scratching vs Scraping - What's the difference?

scratching | scraping |

As verbs the difference between scratching and scraping

is that scratching is while scraping is .

As nouns the difference between scratching and scraping

is that scratching is the act or sound of something being scratched while scraping is the act by which something is scraped.

scratching

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or sound of something being scratched.
  • We heard further scratchings at the door as the dog whined to be let in.
  • A pork scratching.
  • * 2010 , Monique Roffey, Sun Dog
  • 'Ugggghhhhh!' she made a face at the packet. 'Oink, oink!' Cosmo laughed, waving a scratching near her face.

    scraping

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is scraped.
  • * 2003 , Brad Steiger, Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places (page 30)
  • We explored the basement, wherein she had so often heard heavy footsteps, thuddings, and scrapings .
  • What has been removed when something has been scraped.
  • the scrapings of roads and ditches

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