Abrasion vs. Corrosion

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

Corrosionnoun

The act of corroding or the condition so produced.

Corrosionnoun

A substance (such as rust) so formed.

Corrosionnoun

(chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.

Corrosionnoun

(by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.

Corrosionnoun

The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.

Corrosionnoun

a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action

Corrosionnoun

erosion by chemical action

Corrosion

Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable form such as oxide, hydroxide, carbonate or sulfide. It is the gradual destruction of materials (usually a metal) by chemical and/or electrochemical reaction with their environment.