Abrasion vs. Excoriation
Difference Between Abrasion and Excoriation
Abrasionnoun
The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.
Excoriationverb
To censure strongly; denounce
“preparing to excoriate him for his insufficient preparations” (Neil Bascomb).Abrasionnoun
A scraped or worn area.
Excoriationverb
To criticize (something) harshly
“After excoriating the vapid culture of movie-star worship ... he's ended up at that trough” (Maureen Dowd).Abrasionnoun
A scraped area on the skin or on a mucous membrane, resulting from injury or irritation.
Excoriationverb
To tear, scrape, or wear off (the skin).
Abrasionnoun
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
Excoriationnoun
The act of excoriating or flaying.
Abrasionnoun
(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
Excoriationnoun
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
Abrasionnoun
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
Excoriationnoun
A severe verbal denouncing.
Abrasionnoun
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
Excoriationnoun
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Abrasionnoun
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
Excoriationnoun
severe censure
Abrasionnoun
(dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Abrasionnoun
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Abrasionnoun
erosion by friction
Abrasionnoun
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
