Shred vs Grate - What's the difference?
shred | grate |
A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
* Francis Bacon
In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
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(obsolete) To lop; to prune; to trim.
(snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
(bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
(music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
* Shakespeare
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
(cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.
To rub against, making a (usually unpleasant) squeaking sound.
* 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
* , chapter=7
, title= (by extension) To ; to irritate or annoy.
(by extension, transitive, obsolete) To annoy.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between shred and grate
is that shred is a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip while grate is a horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.As verbs the difference between shred and grate
is that shred is to cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips while grate is to furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars or grate can be (cooking) to shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.shred
English
(wikipedia shred)Noun
(en noun)- shreds of tanned leather
- There isn't a shred of evidence to support his claims.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* See also .Verb
- (Chaucer)
Derived terms
* shredderReferences
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*grate
English
Etymology 1
(lena) grata, from (etyl) word for a hurdle; or (etyl) grata, of the same origin.Noun
(en noun)- The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
- a secret grate of iron bars
Synonyms
* grilleVerb
- to grate a window
Etymology 2
From (etyl)Etymology] of kradse in [[:w:da:ODS, ODS]and Danish kratte.
Verb
- The gate suddenly grated . It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
- News, my good lord Rome grates me.