The difference between Graze and Scrape

When used as nouns, graze means the act of grazing, whereas scrape means a broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

When used as verbs, graze means to feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass, 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 Graze and Scrape

  1. Graze as a noun:

    The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

  2. Graze as a noun:

    A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

  1. Graze as a verb (transitive):

    To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

  2. Graze as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

    Examples:

    "Cattle graze in the meadows."

  3. Graze as a verb (transitive):

    To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

  4. Graze as a verb (transitive):

    To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

    Examples:

    "the bullet grazed the wall"

  5. Graze as a verb (transitive):

    To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.

    Examples:

    "to graze one's knee"

  6. Graze as a verb (intransitive):

    To yield grass for grazing.

  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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