Sanding vs. Filing — What's the Difference?

Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.

A small particle rubbed off by a file when smoothing or shaping something

(Geology) A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.

A container, such as a cabinet or folder, for keeping papers in order.

Often sands A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.

A collection of papers or published materials kept or arranged in convenient order.

The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.

(Computers) A collection of data or program records stored as a unit with a single name.

Sands Moments of allotted time or duration

A line of persons, animals, or things positioned one behind the other.

(Slang) Courage; stamina; perseverance

A line of troops or military vehicles so positioned.

A light grayish brown to yellowish gray.

(Games) Any of the rows of squares that run forward and backward between players on a playing board in chess or checkers.

To sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand.

(Archaic) A list or roll.

To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper.

An official document that is filed with a court, government agency, or other legal or political institution.

To mix with sand.

Any of several hardened steel tools with cutting ridges for forming, smoothing, or reducing especially metallic surfaces.

To fill up (a harbor) with sand.

A nail file.

Present participle of sand

Chiefly British A crafty or artful person.

The act or process by which something is sanded; the application of sandpaper, etc.

The act or an instance of using a file.

A type of dancing where the floor is covered in sand. See Sanding (dance).

A particle or shaving removed by a file

The process of testing the surface of gilding, after it has been fired, with fine sand and water.

To put or keep (papers, for example) in useful order for storage or reference.

The process of burying oysters in sand.

To enter (a legal document) as an official record.

The process of applying sand to rails in railway track to aid adhesion.

To send or submit (copy) to a newspaper.

To initiate (a lawsuit)

To march or walk in a line.

To put items in a file.

To make application; apply

To enter one's name in a political contest

To smooth, reduce, or remove with or as if with a file.

To sully or defile.

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.

Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

Present participle of file

A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.

The entering of a legal document into the public record;

A fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

The act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)

Preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.;