What is the difference between Scrap and Scrape?
What is the difference between Scrap and Scrape? :
Scrap : (noun)
( 1 ) Fragment
Small piece
He buys and sells scraps of paper, cloths and so on.
Only a few scraps of news about the disaster have emerged.
( 2 ) Fight
Quarrel
He got into a scrap with two strangers.
She had a scrap with her mother.
( 3 ) Small amount of money / something
There is not a scrap of truth in her claim.
(When the word SCRAP is used in this sense, it is used in negative sense.)
( 4 ) Items of left-over food
Give the scraps to the beggar.
(When the word SCRAP is used in this sense, it is used in plural form SCRAPS.)
SCRAP : (verb)
( 1 ) Throw away
He scraped an old car.
Lack of cash forced us to scrap the plans for a new house.
( 2 ) Fight
Quarrel
He scrapped with two strangers.
She had scrapped with her mother.
He was always scrapping at school.
Scrape : (verb)
( 1 ) Make clean, level or smooth by drawing a sharp tool or something rough across a surface etc…
The maid scraped the floor with a small brush.
He scraped the walls clean.
Scrape : (noun)
( 1 ) Act or sound of scraping
Did you hear the clink and scrape of knives and forks?
( 2 ) Awkward situation caused by foolish behavior or by not thinking carefully
She is always getting into scrapes.
Do not expect me to get you out of your scrapes.
