Gravel vs. Grovel — What's the Difference?

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel is classified by particle size range and includes size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments.

To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.

An unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments or pebbles.

To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.

(Medicine) The sandlike granular material of urinary calculi.

To give oneself over to base pleasures

To apply a surface of rock fragments or pebbles to.

(intransitive) To be prone on the ground.

To confuse; perplex.

(intransitive) To crawl.

(Informal) To irritate.

(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.

(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.

(intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.

A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.

(intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities. en

A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.

Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.

A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess.

Show submission or fear

(rare) Inability to see at night; night blindness.

Gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike

(transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.

To puzzle or annoy.

To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

To check or stop; to confound; to perplex.

To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

Rock fragments and pebbles

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

Cover with gravel;

Be a mystery or bewildering to;

Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound;