The difference between Scrape and Scuffle

When used as nouns, scrape means a broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch), whereas scuffle means a rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

When used as verbs, scrape means to draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure, whereas scuffle means to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

check bellow for the other definitions of Scrape and Scuffle

  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.

  1. Scuffle as a noun:

    A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

  2. Scuffle as a noun (archaic):

    A child's pinafore or bib.

  1. Scuffle as a verb (intransitive):

    To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

  2. Scuffle as a verb (intransitive):

    To walk with a shuffling gait.

  3. Scuffle as a verb (slang):

    To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.

  1. Scuffle as a noun:

    A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling.

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