Excoriation vs. Abrasion

Excoriationnoun

The act of excoriating or flaying.

Excoriationnoun

The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

Excoriationnoun

A severe verbal denouncing.

Excoriationnoun

The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

Excoriationnoun

Stripping of possession; spoliation.

Excoriationnoun

an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

Excoriationnoun

severe censure

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