Caustic vs. Corrosive
Caustic and Corrosive Definitions
Caustic
Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
Corrosive
Having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion
A corrosive acid.
Caustic
Sarcastic or cutting; biting
“The caustic jokes ... deal with such diverse matters as political assassination, talk-show hosts, medical ethics” (Frank Rich).
Corrosive
Gradually destructive; steadily harmful
Corrosive anxiety.
Corrosive increases in prices.
A corrosive narcotics trade.
Caustic
Given to making caustic remarks
A caustic TV commentator.
Corrosive
Spitefully sarcastic
Corrosive criticism.
Corrosive wit.
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Caustic
A caustic material or substance.
Corrosive
A substance having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion.
Caustic
A hydroxide of a light metal.
Corrosive
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
Caustic
The enveloping pattern formed by light rays reflecting or refracting from a curved surface.
Corrosive
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
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Caustic
Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
Corrosive
Destroying or undermining something gradually.
Caustic
(of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
Corrosive
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
Caustic
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
Corrosive
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
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Caustic
The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
Corrosive
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid.
Caustic
(mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
Corrosive
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Care is no cure, but corrosive.
Caustic
Caustic soda.
Corrosive
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
[Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene.
Caustic
Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.
Corrosive
That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives.
Caustic
Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
Corrosive
A substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
Caustic
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
Corrosive
Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
Caustic
A caustic curve or caustic surface.
Caustic
Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
Caustic
Harsh or corrosive in tone;
An acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
A barrage of acid comments
Her acrid remarks make her many enemies
Bitter words
Blistering criticism
Caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
A sulfurous denunciation
Caustic
Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
