excoriation vs graze

excoriation and graze both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of excoriation include rope burn.

excoriation (noun)	graze (noun)
severe censure	the act of grazing
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off	a superficial abrasion

excoriation (verb)	graze (verb)
	eat lightly, try different dishes
	scrape gently
	feed as in a meadow or pasture
	break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
	let feed in a field or pasture or meadow