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bowing vs scraping

scraping vs bowing

bowing and scraping both are nouns.

bowing is an adjective but scraping is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bowing Yes Yes No No
scraping Yes No No No
As nouns, scraping is a hyponym of bowing; that is, scraping is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bowing:
  • bowing: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
  • scraping: a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
Other hyponyms of bowing include genuflection, genuflexion, kotow, kowtow, scrape, salaam.
bowing (noun) scraping (noun)
managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting a harsh noise made by scraping
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
bowing (adjective) scraping (adjective)
showing an excessively deferential manner
Difference between bowing and scraping

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