Abrasion vs. Attrition
Abrasionnoun
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
Abrasionnoun
(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
Abrasionnoun
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
Abrasionnoun
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
Abrasionnoun
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
Abrasionnoun
(dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Abrasionnoun
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
Abrasionnoun
The substance rubbed off.
Abrasionnoun
A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
Abrasionnoun
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Abrasionnoun
erosion by friction
Abrasionnoun
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Abrasionnoun
the process of scraping or wearing something away
Abrasionnoun
an area damaged by scraping or wearing away
Attritionnoun
Wearing or grinding down by friction.
Attritionnoun
The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
Attritionnoun
(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.
Attritionnoun
(sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.
Attritionnoun
(theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse.
Attritionnoun
(dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.
Attritionnoun
(linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.
Attritionverb
(transitive) To grind or wear down through friction.
Attritionverb
(transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).
Attritionverb
(intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number.
Attritionnoun
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Attritionnoun
The state of being worn.
Attritionnoun
Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
Attritionnoun
erosion by friction
Attritionnoun
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Attritionnoun
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
Attritionnoun
a wearing down to weaken or destroy;
Attritionnoun
the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
