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 face The 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: Americans have seen the value of the dollar slowly decline due to the steady erosion of inflation.
Corroding
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.