brush vs graze

brush and graze both are nouns.

brush and graze both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brush	Yes	No	Yes	No
graze	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, graze is a hyponym of brush; that is, graze is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than brush:

brush: touch lightly and briefly
graze: scrape gently

Other hyponyms of brush include crease, rake, flick.

brush (noun)	graze (noun)
a minor short-term fight	the act of grazing
the act of brushing your hair	a superficial abrasion
the act of brushing your teeth
contact with something dangerous or undesirable
a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
momentary contact
a dense growth of bushes

brush (verb)	graze (verb)
remove with or as if with a brush	eat lightly, try different dishes
touch lightly and briefly	scrape gently
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush	feed as in a meadow or pasture
clean with a brush	break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
cover by brushing	let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
sweep across or over

Difference between brush and graze

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