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Bark vs. Scrape — What's the Difference?

Bark vs. Scrape — What's the Difference?

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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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