Difference between Eat and Corrode

What is the difference between Eat and Corrode?

Eat as a verb is to consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it. while Corrode as a verb is to eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.

Eat

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it. To consume a meal. To be eaten. To destroy, consume, or use up To cause (someone) to worry. To take the loss in a transaction. To corrode or erode. To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object. To consume money or (other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment. To perform oral sex on someone.

Example sentence: An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Corrode

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

We hope you now know whether to use Eat or Corrode in your sentence.

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