Attrition vs. Abrasion
Difference Between Attrition and Abrasion
Attritionnoun
Wearing or grinding down by friction.
Abrasionnoun
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
Attritionnoun
The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
Abrasionnoun
(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
Attritionnoun
(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.
Abrasionnoun
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
Attritionnoun
(sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.
Abrasionnoun
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
Attritionnoun
(theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse.
Abrasionnoun
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
Attritionnoun
(dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.
Abrasionnoun
(dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Attritionnoun
(linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.
Abrasionnoun
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Attritionverb
(transitive) To grind or wear down through friction.
attritioned teeth; attritioned rockAbrasionnoun
erosion by friction
Attritionverb
(transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).
Abrasionnoun
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Attritionverb
(intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number.
The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school.Attritionnoun
erosion by friction
Attritionnoun
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Attritionnoun
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
Attritionnoun
a wearing down to weaken or destroy;
a war of attritionAttritionnoun
the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
