Scratch vs. Gouge — What's the Difference?

Score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object

A chisel with a blade that has a rounded, angled, or troughlike indentation along its length.

Cancel or strike out (writing) with a pen or pencil

A scooping or digging action, as with such a chisel.

Play a record using the scratch technique.

A groove or hole scooped with or as if with such a chisel.

A mark or wound made by scratching

(Informal) A large amount, as of money, exacted or extorted.

A technique, used especially in rap music, of stopping a record by hand and moving it back and forwards to give a rhythmic scratching effect

To cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge

(in sport) the starting point in a race for a competitor that is not given a handicap or advantage

To force out the eye of (a person) with one's thumb.

Money

To thrust one's thumb into the eye of.

Assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of the highest quality

(Informal) To extort from.

(of a sports competitor or event) with no handicap given

(Slang) To swindle.

To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a sharp instrument.

Senses relating to cutting tools.

To use the nails or claws to dig or scrape at.

A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.

To rub or scrape (the skin) to relieve itching.

A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.

To scrape or strike on an abrasive surface.

An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.

To write or draw (something) by scraping a surface

A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.

To write or draw hurriedly

An act of gouging.

To strike out or cancel (a word, for example) by or as if by drawing lines through.

(slang) A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.

(Slang) To cancel (a project or program, for example).

(slang) An impostor.

To withdraw (an entry) from a contest or competition

(mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.

To withdraw an entry from (a contest or competition)

Information.

To use the nails or claws to dig, scrape, or wound.

(transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

To rub or scrape the skin to relieve itching.

(transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.

To make a harsh scraping sound.

To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.

To gather funds or produce a living with difficulty.

(intransitive) To use a gouge.

To withdraw from a contest or competition.

A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.

(Games) To make a shot in billiards that results in a penalty, as when the cue ball falls into a pocket or jumps the cushion.

A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.

A mark resembling a line that is produced by scratching.

An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc.

A slight wound.

Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein.

A hasty scribble.

The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.

A sound made by scratching.

Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person.

(Sports) The starting line for a race.

An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

A contestant who has been withdrawn from a competition.

And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

The act of scratching in billiards.

The act of gouging

A fluke or chance shot in billiards.

Force with the thumb;

Poultry feed.

Obtain by coercion or intimidation;

(Slang) Money.

Make a groove in

Done haphazardly or by chance.

Assembled hastily or at random.

(Sports) Having no golf handicap.

To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.

To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.

To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.

To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).

(of a surface) to get such scratches

To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.

Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.

(music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).

(billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.

To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.

To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.

(ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.

To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.

To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.

A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.

An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.

(sports)

A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.

A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.

(cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.

(billiards) An aberration.

(horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.

(meiosis) An injury.

(slang) Money.

A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.

(in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.

A scratch wig.

(music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.

Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.

For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.

Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation

(computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.

(sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.

To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.

To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; - often with out.

To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.

To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.

To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.

A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.

A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.

Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.

A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.

A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

In various sports, the line from which the start is made, except in the case of contestants receiving a distance handicap.

Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.

An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

A depression scratched or carved into a surface

Informal terms for money

Dry mash for poultry

A harsh noise made by scraping;

Poor handwriting

An indication of damage

Cause friction;

Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching;