Bark vs. Scrape — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bark and Scrape
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Bark
The harsh sound uttered by a dog.
Scrape
To remove (an outer layer, for example) from a surface by forceful strokes of an edged or rough instrument
Scraped the wallpaper off before painting the wall.
Bark
A sound, such as a cough, that is similar to a dog's bark.
Scrape
To abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument.
Bark
The tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees, shrubs, and other woody plants. It includes all tissues outside the vascular cambium.
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Scrape
To rub (a surface) with considerable pressure, as with an edged instrument or a hard object.
Bark
A specific kind of bark used for a special purpose, as in tanning or medicine.
Scrape
To draw (a hard or abrasive object) forcefully over a surface
Scraped my fingernails down the blackboard.
Bark
A sailing ship with from three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.
Scrape
To injure the surface of by rubbing against something rough or sharp
Scraped my knee on the sidewalk.
Bark
A small vessel that is propelled by oars or sails.
Scrape
To amass or produce with difficulty
Scrape together some cash.
Bark
To utter a bark.
Scrape
To come into sliding, abrasive contact.
Bark
To make a sound similar to a bark
"The birds bark softly, sounding almost like young pups" (Charleston SC News and Courier).
Scrape
To rub or move with a harsh grating noise.
Bark
To speak sharply; snap
"a spot where you can just drop in ... without anyone's barking at you for failing to plan ahead" (Andy Birsh).
Scrape
To give forth a harsh grating noise.
Bark
To work as a barker, as at a carnival.
Scrape
To economize or save money by paying attention to very small amounts; scrimp.
Bark
To utter in a loud, harsh voice
The quarterback barked out the signals.
Scrape
To succeed or manage with difficulty
Scraped through by a narrow margin.
Bark
To remove bark from (a tree or log).
Scrape
The act of scraping.
Bark
To rub off the skin of; abrade
Barked my shin on the car door.
Scrape
The sound of scraping.
Bark
To tan or dye (leather or fabric) by steeping in an infusion of bark.
Scrape
An abrasion on the skin.
Bark
To treat (a patient) using a medicinal bark infusion.
Scrape
An embarrassing or difficult predicament.
Bark
(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
The neighbour's dog is always barking.
The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.
Scrape
A fight; a scuffle.
Bark
(intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
Scrape
(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails.
That car often scrapes the shallowest of humps because of its low ground clearance.
Bark
(transitive) To speak sharply.
The sergeant barked an order.
Scrape
(transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.
Bark
To strip the bark from; to peel.
Scrape
(transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
Bark
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
To bark one’s heel
Scrape
(transitive) To barely manage to achieve.
I scraped a pass in the exam.
Bark
To girdle.
Scrape
(transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
Just use whatever you can scrape together.
Bark
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
Bark the roof of a hut
Scrape
(computing) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
Bark
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
Scrape
(intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
He scraped and saved until he became rich.
Bark
(figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
Scrape
(ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
Bark
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
Scrape
(intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow].
Bark
(medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
Scrape
To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
Bark
Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
Scrape
A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.
Bark
The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
Scrape
(slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
He got in a scrape with the school bully.
Bark
The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
Scrape
An awkward set of circumstances.
I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.
Bark
(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
Scrape
A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
Bark
(poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
Scrape
A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
Bark
(watercraft) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Scrape
(military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
Bark
To strip the bark from; to peel.
Scrape
A shave.
Bark
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
Scrape
Cheap butter.
Bark
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
Scrape
Butter laid on bread in the thinnest possible manner, as though laid on and scraped off again.
Bark
To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; - said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
Scrape
(heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
Bark
To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics.
Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.
Scrape
To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
Bark
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
Scrape
To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Bark
Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
Scrape
To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; - often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.
The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers.
Bark
A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Scrape
To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; - usually with down.
He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously.
Bark
Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
Scrape
To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
Bark
A noise resembling the bark of a dog
Scrape
To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
Bark
A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
Scrape
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
Bark
The sound made by a dog
Scrape
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Bark
Speak in an unfriendly tone;
She barked into the dictaphone
Scrape
The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.
Bark
Cover with bark
Scrape
A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
Bark
Remove the bark of a tree
Scrape
A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes.
Bark
Make barking sounds;
The dogs barked at the stranger
Scrape
A harsh noise made by scraping;
The scrape of violin bows distracted her
Bark
Tan (a skin) with bark tannins
Scrape
An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Scrape
A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility);
All that bowing and scraping did not impress him
Scrape
An indication of damage
Scrape
Scratch repeatedly;
The cat scraped at the armchair
Scrape
Make by scraping;
They scraped a letter into the stone
Scrape
Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
Scrape
Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
Scrape
Gather (money or other resources) together over time;
She had scraped together enough money for college
Scrape
Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of;
The boy skinned his knee when he fell
Scrape
Strike against an object;
She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken
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