The difference between Bind and Scrape

When used as nouns, bind means that which binds or ties, whereas scrape means a broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

When used as verbs, bind means to tie, whereas scrape means to draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bind and Scrape

  1. Bind as a verb (intransitive):

    To tie; to confine by any ligature.

  2. Bind as a verb (intransitive):

    To cohere or stick together in a mass.

    Examples:

    "Just to make the cheese more binding'"

  3. Bind as a verb (intransitive):

    To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

    Examples:

    "I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while."

  4. Bind as a verb (intransitive):

    To exert a binding or restraining influence.

    Examples:

    "These are the ties that bind."

  5. Bind as a verb (transitive):

    To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

    Examples:

    "to bind grain in bundles  to bind a prisoner"

  6. Bind as a verb (transitive):

    To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.

    Examples:

    "Gravity binds the planets to the sun."

    "Frost binds the earth."

  7. Bind as a verb (transitive):

    To couple.

  8. Bind as a verb (figuratively):

    To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.

    Examples:

    "to bind the conscience  to bind by kindness  bound by affection  commerce binds nations to each other"

  9. Bind as a verb (law):

    To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

  10. Bind as a verb (law):

    To place under legal obligation to serve.

    Examples:

    "to bind an apprentice  bound out to service"

  11. Bind as a verb (transitive):

    To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

  12. Bind as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.

    Examples:

    "to bind a belt about one  to bind a compress upon a wound"

  13. Bind as a verb (transitive):

    To cover, as with a bandage.

    Examples:

    "to bind up a wound"

  14. Bind as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.

    Examples:

    "Certain drugs bind the bowels."

  15. Bind as a verb (transitive):

    To put together in a cover, as of books.

    Examples:

    "The three novels were bound together."

  16. Bind as a verb (transitive, chemistry):

    To make two or more elements stick together.

  17. Bind as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.

  18. Bind as a verb (UK, dialect):

    To complain; to whine about something.

  1. Bind as a noun:

    That which binds or ties.

  2. Bind as a noun:

    A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.

  3. Bind as a noun:

    Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.

  4. Bind as a noun (music):

    A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

  5. Bind as a noun (chess):

    A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.

    Examples:

    "the Maróczy Bind"

  6. Bind as a noun:

    The indurated clay of coal mines.

  1. Scrape as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure.

    Examples:

    "Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard, making a shrill sound."

    "Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife."

  2. Scrape as a verb (transitive):

    To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.

    Examples:

    "She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee."

  3. Scrape as a verb (transitive):

    To barely manage to achieve.

    Examples:

    "I scraped a pass in the exam."

  4. Scrape as a verb (transitive):

    To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.

    Examples:

    "Just use whatever you can scrape together."

  5. Scrape as a verb (computing):

    To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.

  6. Scrape as a verb:

    To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.

    Examples:

    "He scraped and saved until he became rich."

  7. Scrape as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.

  8. Scrape as a verb:

    To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

  9. Scrape as a verb:

    To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Macaulay"

  1. Scrape as a noun:

    A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

    Examples:

    "He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee."

  2. Scrape as a noun:

    A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.

    Examples:

    "He got in a scrape with the school bully."

  3. Scrape as a noun:

    An awkward set of circumstances.

    Examples:

    "I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present."

  4. Scrape as a noun (British, slang):

    A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.

  5. Scrape as a noun:

    A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.

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