Corrosion
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of corroding or the condition so produced. A substance (such as rust) so formed. Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation. The gradual destruction or undermining of something.
Erosion
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff faceThe changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion or contraction, or impact.Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
Example sentence: Now, to find dinosaurs, you hike around in horrible conditions looking for a dinosaur. It sounds really dumb, but that's what it is. It's horrible conditions, because wherever you have nice weather, plants grow, and you don't get any erosion, and you don't see any dinosaurs.