Abrasion vs. Attrition
Difference Between Abrasion and Attrition
Abrasion➦
the process of scraping or wearing something away
the metal is resistant to abrasion
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Attrition➦
A rubbing away or wearing down by friction.
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Abrasion➦
The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.
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Attrition➦
A gradual reduction in number or strength because of stress or military action.
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Abrasion➦
A scraped or worn area.
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Attrition➦
A gradual reduction in personnel or membership because of resignation, retirement, or death, often viewed in contrast to reduction from layoffs.
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Abrasion➦
A scraped area on the skin or on a mucous membrane, resulting from injury or irritation.
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Attrition➦
Roman Catholic Church Repentance for sin motivated by fear of punishment rather than by love of God.
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Abrasion➦
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
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Attrition➦
Grinding down or wearing away by friction.
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Abrasion➦
(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
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Attrition➦
The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
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Abrasion➦
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
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Attrition➦
(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.
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Abrasion➦
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
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Attrition➦
(sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.
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Abrasion➦
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
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Attrition➦
(theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse.
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Abrasion➦
(dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
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Attrition➦
(dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.
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Abrasion➦
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
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Attrition➦
(linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.
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Abrasion➦
The substance rubbed off.
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Attrition➦
(transitive) To grind or wear down through friction.
attritioned teeth; attritioned rock
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Abrasion➦
A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
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Attrition➦
(transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).
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Abrasion➦
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
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Attrition➦
(intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number.
The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school.
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Abrasion➦
erosion by friction
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Attrition➦
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Effected by attrition of the inward stomach.
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Abrasion➦
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
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Attrition➦
The state of being worn.
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Attrition➦
Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
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Attrition➦
erosion by friction
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Attrition➦
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
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Attrition➦
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
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Attrition➦
a wearing down to weaken or destroy;
a war of attrition
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Attrition➦
the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
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