Grid vs. Grind — What's the Difference?

A framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; a grating or mesh.

A blade's grind is its cross-sectional shape in a plane normal to the edge. Grind differs from blade profile, which is the blade's cross-sectional shape in the plane containing the blade's edge and the centre contour of the blade's back (meaning the shape of the blade when viewed from the side, i.e.

A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.

Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it

Something resembling a framework of crisscrossed parallel bars, as in rigidity or organization

Rub or cause to rub together gratingly

A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines forming squares on a map, a chart, an aerial photograph, or an optical device, used as a reference for locating points.

(of a dancer) gyrate the hips erotically

An interconnected system for the distribution of electricity or electromagnetic signals over a wide area, especially a network of high-tension cables and power stations.

A crushing or grating sound or motion

A corrugated or perforated conducting plate in a storage battery.

Hard dull work

(Football) The gridiron.

A dancer's erotic gyration of the hips

(Sports) The starting positions of cars on a racecourse.

To reduce to small bits or crush to a fine powder

A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.

To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction

A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.

To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash

A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.

To bear down on harshly; crush

(computing) A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).

To oppress or weaken gradually or persistently

(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.

To operate by turning a crank

(motor racing) The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.

To instill or teach by persistent repetition

(electronics) The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).

To perform the operation of grinding something.

(electricity) A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.

To become crushed, pulverized, or powdered by friction

A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.

To move with noisy friction; grate

An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc.

Past tense and past participle grind·ed(grīndĭd) To ride a skateboard, a snowboard, or skis over a grind rail or narrow surface, often with the board or skis at right angles to the direction of movement.

To mark with a grid.

(Informal) To devote oneself to study or work

To assign a reference grid to.

Past tense and past participle grind·ed(grīndĭd) Slang To rotate the pelvis erotically, as while dancing or performing a striptease.

A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

The act of grinding.

A plate or sheet of lead with perforations, or other irregularities of surface, by which the active material of a secondary battery or accumulator is supported.

A crunching or grinding noise.

A mesh or coil of fine wire in an electron tube, connected to the circuit so as to regulate the current passing through the tube.

A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans

Any network of crossing horizontal and vertical lines; - they are used, for example, as reference coordinates to locate objects or places on a map.

Bits of ground coffee; grounds.

Anything resembling a grid{4}, as the Manhattan street grid. See also gridlock.

(Informal) A laborious task, routine, or study

A network of connected conductors for distributing electrical power, especially one using high-tension lines for wide geographic distribution of power; as, the Northeast power grid.

(Informal) A student who works or studies excessively.

The gridiron.

(Slang) An erotic rotation of the pelvis.

A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

A network of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image

(transitive) To shape with the force of friction.

An electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat

(intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.

(transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.

To rotate the hips erotically.

(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.

(video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.

(transitive) To operate by turning a crank.

To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.

To automatically format and indent code.

To instill through repetitive teaching.

To eat.

To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

A tedious and laborious task.

A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

One who studies hard.

Clipping of grindcore

(slang) Hustle; hard work. en

A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

To study hard for examination; - commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies.

To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.

A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk.

An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Hard monotonous routine work

The act of grinding to a powder or dust

Press or grind with a crunching noise

Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

Work hard;

Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced