Grate vs. Mince — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Grate and Mince
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Grate
To reduce to fragments, shreds, or powder by rubbing against an abrasive surface.
Mince
To cut or chop into very small pieces.
Grate
To cause to make a harsh grinding or rasping sound through friction
Grated her teeth in anger.
Mince
To subdivide (land, for example) into minute parts.
Grate
To irritate or annoy persistently
It always grates me to get put on hold.
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Mince
To pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance and refinement.
Grate
(Archaic) To rub or wear away.
Mince
To moderate, restrain, or euphemize (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum
Don't mince words.
Grate
To make a harsh rasping sound
An old gate grating in the wind.
Mince
To walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness.
Grate
To cause irritation or annoyance
A noise that grates on one's nerves.
Mince
To speak in an affected way.
Grate
To equip with a grate.
Mince
Finely chopped food, especially mincemeat.
Grate
A harsh rasping sound made by scraping or rubbing
The grate of a key in a lock.
Mince
(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.
Grate
A framework of parallel or latticed bars for blocking an opening.
Mince
(uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
During Christmas time my dad loves to eat mince pies.
Grate
A framework of metal bars used to hold fuel or food in a stove, furnace, or fireplace.
Mince
(countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
Grate
A fireplace.
Mince
(countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
Grate
A perforated iron plate or screen for sieving and grading crushed ore.
Mince
An eye (from mince pie).
Grate
A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
Mince
(transitive) To make less; to make small.
Grate
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
Mince
(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
Grate
(historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
Mince
To effect mincingly.
Grate
(transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
To grate a window
Mince
To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
Butchers often use machines to mince meat.
Grate
To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
Mince
To suppress or weaken the force of.
Grate
(intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
The chalk grated against the board.
Mince
To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
To mince one's words
A minced oath
Grate
To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
Mince
(transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
Grate
To annoy.
Mince
(intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
Grate
(obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
Mince
(intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
I love going to gay bars and seeing drag queens mince around on stage.
Grate
Serving to gratify; agreeable.
Mince
To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.
Grate
A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.
Mince
To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of; as, he doesn't mince words.
I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say - "I love you."
Siren, now mince the sin,And mollify damnation with a phrase.
If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him.
Grate
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
Mince
To affect; to make a parade of.
Grate
To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
Mince
To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, . . . mincing as they go.
I 'll . . . turn two mincing stepsInto a manly stride.
Grate
To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.
On their hinges grateHarsh thunder.
Mince
To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
Grate
To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
Mince
A short, precise step; an affected manner.
Grate
To fret; to irritate; to offend.
News, my good lord Rome . . . grates me.
Mince
Food chopped into small bits;
A mince of mushrooms
Grate
To make a harsh sound by friction.
I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned,Or a dry wheel grate on the exletree.
Mince
Make less severe or harsh;
He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
Grate
To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.
This grated harder upon the hearts of men.
Mince
Walk daintily;
She minced down the street
Grate
A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
Mince
Cut into small pieces;
Mince the garlic
Grate
A harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
Grate
A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
Grate
Furnish with a grate;
A grated fireplace
Grate
Gnaw into; make resentful or angry;
The unjustice rankled her
His resentment festered
Grate
Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface;
Grate carrots and onions
Grate nutmeg
Grate
Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;
Grate one's teeth in anger
Grate
Scratch repeatedly;
The cat scraped at the armchair
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