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Abrade vs. Sand — What's the Difference?

Abrade vs. Sand — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Abrade and Sand

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Abrade

To wear down, rub away, or scrape by friction
Water that abraded the canyon walls.

Sand

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size.

Abrade

To become worn or scraped by abrasion
Some leather abrades easily.

Sand

Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.

Abrade

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode.
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Sand

(Geology) A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.

Abrade

(transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate.

Sand

Often sands A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.

Abrade

(transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe.

Sand

The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.

Abrade

(transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.

Sand

Sands Moments of allotted time or duration
"The sands are numb'red that makes up my life" (Shakespeare).

Abrade

(intransitive) To undergo abrasion.

Sand

(Slang) Courage; stamina; perseverance
"She had more sand in her than any girl I ever see.
In my opinion she was just full of sand" (Mark Twain).

Abrade

(transitive) abraid

Sand

A light grayish brown to yellowish gray.

Abrade

To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.

Sand

To sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand.

Abrade

Same as Abraid.

Sand

To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper.

Abrade

Wear away

Sand

To mix with sand.

Abrade

Rub hard or scrub;
Scour the counter tops

Sand

To fill up (a harbor) with sand.

Abrade

Strike against an object;
She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken

Sand

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Sand

A beach or other expanse of sand.
The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.

Sand

Personal courage.

Sand

A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Sand

A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Sand

A single grain of sand.

Sand

A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

Sand

(colloquial) A sandpiper.

Sand

Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Sand

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

Sand

(transitive) To cover with sand.

Sand

To blot ink using sand.

Sand

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles.

Sand

A single particle of such stone.

Sand

The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
The sands are numbered that make up my life.

Sand

Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.

Sand

Courage; pluck; grit.

Sand

To sprinkle or cover with sand.

Sand

To drive upon the sand.

Sand

To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

Sand

To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.

Sand

A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

Sand

French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)

Sand

Fortitude and determination;
He didn't have the guts to try it

Sand

Rub with sandpaper;
Sandpaper the wooden surface

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