different between abrasion vs tearing

English

Etymology

First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abr?d? (“scrape off”). See also abrade.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?e?.?n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abrasion (countable and uncountable, plural abrasions)

1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]
2. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
3. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
4. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
5. (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
6. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:injury

Related terms

• abrade

Translations

See also

• contusion
• laceration

References

Anagrams

• Robainas, abronias, arabinos

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”).

Noun

abrasion f (plural abrasions)

1. abrasion.

Further reading

• “abrasion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abornais

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??.???]
• Rhymes: -??r??

Verb

tearing

1. present participle of tear

Adjective

tearing

1. (colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact

   a tearing great giant of a man

2. (colloquial) very hasty

   a tearing hurry

Noun

tearing (usually uncountable, plural tearings)

1. The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
2. (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??.???]
• Rhymes: -??r??

Noun

tearing (uncountable)

1. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

Related terms

tear_up#Etymology_2

Anagrams

• Geraint, Granite, Tangier, angrite, granite, ingrate, tangier