Noncaustic vs. Caustic — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Noncaustic and Caustic
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Noncaustic
Not caustic.
Caustic
Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
Caustic
Sarcastic or cutting; biting
“The caustic jokes ... deal with such diverse matters as political assassination, talk-show hosts, medical ethics” (Frank Rich).
Caustic
Given to making caustic remarks
A caustic TV commentator.
Caustic
A caustic material or substance.
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Caustic
A hydroxide of a light metal.
Caustic
The enveloping pattern formed by light rays reflecting or refracting from a curved surface.
Caustic
Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
Caustic
(of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
Caustic
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
Caustic
The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
Caustic
(mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
Caustic
Caustic soda.
Caustic
Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.
Caustic
Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
Caustic
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
Caustic
A caustic curve or caustic surface.
Caustic
Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
Caustic
Harsh or corrosive in tone;
An acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
A barrage of acid comments
Her acrid remarks make her many enemies
Bitter words
Blistering criticism
Caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
A sulfurous denunciation
Caustic
Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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