Shredding vs. Grating

Shreddingnoun

The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.

Shreddingnoun

That which is cut or torn off; a piece.

Shreddingnoun

A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.

Shreddingnoun

The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.

Shreddingnoun

That which is cut or torn off; a piece.

Gratingadjective

(typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.

Gratingadjective

Abrasive; tending to annoy.

Gratingnoun

A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

Gratingnoun

A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.

Gratingnoun

The loose material that comes from something being grated.

Gratingnoun

An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.

Gratingnoun

The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.

Gratingnoun

The sound made by something that grates against something else.

Gratingnoun

A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.

Gratingnoun

A system of close equidistant parallel lines or bars, esp. lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; - called also diffraction grating.

Gratingnoun

The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats.

Gratingnoun

A harsh sound caused by attrition.

Gratingadjective

That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.

Gratingnoun

a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

Gratingnoun

a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

Gratingnoun

optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

Gratingadjective

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound;

Grating

A grating is any regularly spaced collection of essentially identical, parallel, elongated elements. Gratings usually consist of a single set of elongated elements, but can consist of two sets, in which case the second set is usually perpendicular to the first (as illustrated).