Excoriation vs. Abrasion

Excoriation (noun)

The act of excoriating or flaying.

Excoriation (noun)

The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

Excoriation (noun)

A denouncing.

Abrasion (noun)

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. First attested in the mid 17^th century.page=7

Abrasion (noun)

The substance thus rubbed off; debris. First attested in the mid 18^th century.

Abrasion (noun)

The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. First attested in the mid 19^th century.

Abrasion (noun)

An abraded, scraped, or worn area. First attested in the mid 20^th century.

Abrasion (noun)

A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. First attested in the mid 20^th century.

Abrasion (noun)

The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.