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Shredding vs Grating - What's the difference?

shredding | grating |

As nouns the difference between shredding and grating

is that shredding is (uncountable) a style of very fast and very complex guitar playing while grating is a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

As verbs the difference between shredding and grating

is that shredding is while grating is .

As an adjective grating is

(typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant.

shredding

English

Noun

(wikipedia shredding)
  • (uncountable) A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.
  • The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
  • That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
    • (Hooker)

    Verb

    shreding

    • grating

    English

    (wikipedia grating)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant
  • abrasive; tending to annoy

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
  • A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
  • The loose material that comes from something being grated.
    • Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
  • An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
  • (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.

    • Synonyms

    * grill

    Related terms

    * grate

    Verb

    (head)