Avulsion vs. Abrasion

Avulsionnoun

The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma

Avulsionnoun

An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another

Avulsionnoun

(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved

Avulsionnoun

A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.

Avulsionnoun

A fragment torn off.

Avulsionnoun

The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.

Avulsionnoun

an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another

Avulsionnoun

a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another

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