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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