different between grating vs repellent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?t??/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [???e?????]
  • Homophone: grading
• Rhymes: -e?t??

Adjective

grating

1. (typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.
2. Abrasive; tending to annoy.

Translations

Noun

grating (plural gratings)

1. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
3. The loose material that comes from something being grated.

   Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.

4. An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
5. (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
6. The sound made by something that grates against something else.
   • 1901, Melville Cox Keith, Keith's Domestic Practice and Botanic Handbook

     If, with these symptoms, are heard gratings of the teeth, irregular appetite, and sudden ebullitions of temper we may reasonably conclude that parasites are irritating the intestines and should be gotten rid of.

Synonyms

• grill

Related terms

• grate

Translations

Verb

grating

1. present participle of grate

English

Etymology

From Latin repellens. Equivalent to repel +? -ent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?l?nt/

Adjective

repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)

1. Tending or able to repel; driving back.
2. Repulsive, inspiring aversion.
3. Resistant or impervious to something.

Hyponyms

• water-repellent

Translations

Noun

repellent (plural repellents)

1. Someone who repels.
2. A substance used to repel insects, other pests, or dangerous animals.
3. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.

Translations

References

• repellent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

repellent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of repell?