Grind vs Shatter - What's the difference?

grind | shatter |

As nouns the difference between grind and shatter

is that grind is while shatter is (archaic) a fragment of anything shattered.

As a verb shatter is

to violently break something into pieces.

grind

English

(wikipedia grind)

Verb

(see usage notes below )

To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

To shape with the force of friction.

grind a lens

grind an axe

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

This corn grinds well.

Steel grinds to a sharp edge.

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

(sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.

To oppress, hold down or weaken.

(slang) To rotate the hips erotically.

(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.

(video games) To repeat a task in order to gain levels or items.

To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.

To instill through repetitive teaching.

Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.

(slang, Hawaii) To eat.

Eh, brah, let's go grind .

(slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

(Farrar)

Usage notes

* In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground. * Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete. * When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.

Derived terms

* bump and grind * have an axe to grind

Noun

(en noun)

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

This bag contains espresso grind .

A tedious task.

This homework is a grind .

A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

(archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.

(subgenre of heavy metal)

shatter

English

(wikipedia shatter)

Verb

(en verb)

to violently break something into pieces.

The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.

a high-pitched voice that could shatter glass

The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning.

to destroy or disable something.

to smash, or break into tiny pieces.

to dispirit or emotionally defeat

to be shattered''' in intellect; to have '''shattered''' hopes, or a '''shattered constitution

* 1984 Martyn Burke, The commissar's report, p36

Your death will shatter him. Which is what I want. Actually, I would prefer to kill him.

* 1992 Rose Gradym "Elvis Cures Teen's Brain Cancer!" Weekly World News , Vol. 13, No. 38 (23 June, 1992), p41

A CAT scan revealed she had an inoperable brain tumor. The news shattered Michele's mother.

* 2006 A. W. Maldonado, Luis Muñoz Marín: Puerto Rico's democratic revolution, p163

The marriage, of course, was long broken but Munoz knew that asking her for a divorce would shatter her.

* Norris

a man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humour

(obsolete) To scatter about.

* Milton

Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) A fragment of anything shattered.

to break a glass into shatters

(Jonathan Swift)

Anagrams

* * English ergative verbs