groove vs striation

striation vs groove

groove and striation both are nouns.

groove is a verb but striation is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
groove	Yes	No	Yes	No
striation	Yes	No	No	No

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

groove: a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
striation: any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue

Other hyponyms of groove include dado, flute, fluting, quirk, rabbet, rebate, track, rut, stria, washout.

groove (noun)	striation (noun)
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape	a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part	any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

groove (verb)	striation (verb)
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
make a groove in, or provide with a groove

Difference between groove and striation

Words related to "striation"

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