different between corrosive vs corrode

English

Etymology

From Old French corrosif.

Adjective

corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)

1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
3. destroying or undermining something gradually.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

corrosive (plural corrosives)

1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.?o.ziv/

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine singular of corrosif

Italian

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine plural of corrosivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kor.ro??si?.u?e/, [k?r?o??s?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kor.ro?si.ve/, [k?r???s?i?v?]

Adjective

corr?s?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of corr?s?vus

English

Etymology

From Middle English corr?den, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrodere (“to gnaw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?????d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k???o?d/, [k???o??d], [k??(?)o??d]
• Rhymes: -??d

Verb

corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)

1. (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
2. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

3. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Synonyms

• (to eat away by degrees): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear

Translations

Anagrams

• Cordero

French

Verb

corrode

1. first-person singular present indicative of corroder
2. third-person singular present indicative of corroder
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of corroder
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of corroder
5. second-person singular imperative of corroder

Italian

Verb

corrode

1. third-person singular present indicative of corrodere

Anagrams

• corredo, corredò
• decorro

Latin

Verb

corr?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of corr?d?