different between sharpen vs abrade

English

Etymology

From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp +? -en.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????p?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p?n

Verb

sharpen (third-person singular simple present sharpens, present participle sharpening, simple past and past participle sharpened)

1. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To make sharp.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
2. (intransitive) To become sharp.

Synonyms

• hone (figurative sense)
• whet

Antonyms

• blunt
• blur

Derived terms

• sharpener

Translations

Anagrams

• Hapners, pherans

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?e?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?e?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Etymology 1

• First attested in 1677.
• From Latin abr?d? (“scrape off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + r?d? (“scrape”).

Verb

abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)

1. (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]
2. (transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
3. (transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
4. (transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.
5. (intransitive) To undergo abrasion.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English abraiden.

Verb

abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)

1. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of abraid

References

Anagrams

• Abdera, abread

Italian

Verb

abrade

1. third-person singular present indicative of abradere

Anagrams

• badare, baderà

Latin

Verb

abr?de

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