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Corrosive vs. Erosive — What's the Difference?

Corrosive vs. Erosive — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Corrosive and Erosive

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Corrosive

Having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion
A corrosive acid.

Erosive

Causing erosion
The erosive effect of ocean waves on the shoreline.

Corrosive

Gradually destructive; steadily harmful
Corrosive anxiety.
Corrosive increases in prices.
A corrosive narcotics trade.

Erosive

Of or pertaining to erosion.

Corrosive

Spitefully sarcastic
Corrosive criticism.
Corrosive wit.
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Erosive

Causing or tending to cause erosion.

Corrosive

A substance having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion.

Erosive

That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.

Corrosive

Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.

Erosive

Wearing away by friction;
The erosive effects of waves on the shoreline

Corrosive

Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

Erosive

Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

Corrosive

Destroying or undermining something gradually.

Corrosive

That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.

Corrosive

Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Corrosive

Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid.

Corrosive

Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Care is no cure, but corrosive.

Corrosive

That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
[Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene.

Corrosive

That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives.

Corrosive

A substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

Corrosive

Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

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