The difference between Drag and Scrape

When used as nouns, drag means resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it, whereas scrape means a broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

When used as verbs, drag means to pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty, 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 Drag and Scrape

  1. Drag as a noun (uncountable):

    Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.

    Examples:

    "When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration."

  2. Drag as a noun (countable, foundry):

    The bottom part of a sand casting mold.

  3. Drag as a noun (countable):

    A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

  4. Drag as a noun (countable, informal):

    A puff on a cigarette or joint.

  5. Drag as a noun (countable, slang):

    Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

    Examples:

    "Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag."

  6. Drag as a noun (countable, slang):

    A type of horse-drawn carriage.

  7. Drag as a noun (countable, slang):

    Street, as in 'main drag'.

  8. Drag as a noun (countable):

    The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.

    Examples:

    "to run a drag"

  9. Drag as a noun (countable, snooker):

    A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.

  10. Drag as a noun:

    A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.

  11. Drag as a noun:

    A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.

    Examples:

    "a stone drag"

  12. Drag as a noun (metallurgy):

    The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.

  13. Drag as a noun (masonry):

    A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

  14. Drag as a noun (nautical):

    The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.

  15. Drag as a noun:

    Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.

  16. Drag as a noun:

    A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.

  17. Drag as a noun:

    Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

  18. Drag as a noun:

    witch house music

  19. Drag as a noun:

    The last position in a line of hikers.

  20. Drag as a noun (aviation, aerodynamics):

    The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.

  1. Drag as a verb (transitive):

    To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

  2. Drag as a verb (intransitive):

    To move slowly.

    Examples:

    "Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus."

  3. Drag as a verb:

    To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

  4. Drag as a verb:

    To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

  5. Drag as a verb:

    To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

  6. Drag as a verb:

    To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

  7. Drag as a verb (computing):

    To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.

    Examples:

    "'Drag the file into the window to open it."

  8. Drag as a verb:

    (chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.

    Examples:

    "The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump."

  9. Drag as a verb (soccer):

    To hit or kick off target.

  10. Drag as a verb:

    To fish with a dragnet.

  11. Drag as a verb:

    To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.

  12. Drag as a verb:

    To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.

  13. Drag as a verb (figurative):

    To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.

  14. Drag as a verb (slang):

    To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).

    Examples:

    "You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you."

  1. Drag as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.

    Examples:

    "He performed in drag."

  2. Drag as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.

    Examples:

    "corporate drag"

  1. Drag as a verb:

    To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

  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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