Laceration vs. Abrasion

Lacerationnoun

An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.

Lacerationnoun

The act of lacerating or tearing.

Lacerationnoun

The act of lacerating.

Lacerationnoun

A breach or wound made by lacerating.

Lacerationnoun

a torn ragged wound

Lacerationnoun

the act of lacerating

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