Difference between Scouring and Scrubbing

What is the difference between Scouring and Scrubbing?

Scouring as a verb is to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent. while Scrubbing as a verb is to rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening

Scouring

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush,soap,and water

Scrubbing

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.

Example sentence: My feet look like hooves-like, fake-leather bottoms and funky toenails - and I scrub them with a big stiff-bristled nylon brush you'd use for scrubbing the side of your house.

We hope you now know whether to use Scouring or Scrubbing in your sentence.

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