Graze vs. Scrape — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Graze and Scrape
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Graze
To feed on growing grasses and herbage.
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.
Graze
To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal.
Scrape
To abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument.
Graze
To eat snacks throughout the day in place of full meals.
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Scrape
To rub (a surface) with considerable pressure, as with an edged instrument or a hard object.
Graze
To feed on (herbage) in a field or on pastureland.
Scrape
To draw (a hard or abrasive object) forcefully over a surface
Scraped my fingernails down the blackboard.
Graze
To feed on the herbage of (a piece of land).
Scrape
To injure the surface of by rubbing against something rough or sharp
Scraped my knee on the sidewalk.
Graze
To afford herbage for the feeding of
This field will graze 30 head of cattle.
Scrape
To amass or produce with difficulty
Scrape together some cash.
Graze
To put (livestock) out to feed.
Scrape
To come into sliding, abrasive contact.
Graze
To tend (feeding livestock) in a pasture.
Scrape
To rub or move with a harsh grating noise.
Graze
To touch lightly in passing; brush.
Scrape
To give forth a harsh grating noise.
Graze
The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
Scrape
To economize or save money by paying attention to very small amounts; scrimp.
Graze
A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
Scrape
To succeed or manage with difficulty
Scraped through by a narrow margin.
Graze
The act of animals feeding from pasture.
Scrape
The act of scraping.
Graze
(transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
Scrape
The sound of scraping.
Graze
(ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
Cattle graze in the meadows.
Scrape
An abrasion on the skin.
Graze
(transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
Scrape
An embarrassing or difficult predicament.
Graze
(intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
Scrape
A fight; a scuffle.
Graze
To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
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.
Graze
(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
The bullet grazed the wall
Scrape
(transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.
Graze
(transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
To graze one's knee
Scrape
(transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
Graze
(intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.
Scrape
(transitive) To barely manage to achieve.
I scraped a pass in the exam.
Graze
To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
A field or two to graze his cows.
Scrape
(transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
Just use whatever you can scrape together.
Graze
To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
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.
Graze
To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep.
Scrape
(intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
He scraped and saved until he became rich.
Graze
To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
Scrape
(ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
Graze
To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
Scrape
(intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow].
Graze
To yield grass for grazing.
The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose.
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.
Graze
To touch something lightly in passing.
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.
Graze
The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
Turning him out for a graze on the common.
Scrape
(slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
He got in a scrape with the school bully.
Graze
A light touch; a slight scratch.
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.
Graze
A superficial abrasion
Scrape
A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
Graze
The act of grazing
Scrape
A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
Graze
Feed as in a meadow or pasture;
The herd was grazing
Scrape
(military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
Graze
Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping;
She was grazed by the stray bullet
Scrape
A shave.
Graze
Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
Scrape
Cheap butter.
Graze
Scrape gently;
Graze the skin
Scrape
Butter laid on bread in the thinnest possible manner, as though laid on and scraped off again.
Graze
Eat lightly, try different dishes;
There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing
Scrape
(heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scrape
To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
Scrape
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
Scrape
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
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.
Scrape
A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
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.
Scrape
A harsh noise made by scraping;
The scrape of violin bows distracted her
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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