erosion vs loss

erosion

noun
  • Destruction by abrasive action of fluids. 

  • A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue. 

  • One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived. 

  • The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face. 

  • The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact. 

  • Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes. 

  • The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process. 

  • In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology). 

loss

noun
  • The destruction or ruin of an object. 

  • The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. 

  • The death of a person or animal. 

  • Defeat; an instance of being defeated. 

  • Something that has been destroyed or ruined. 

  • The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died. 

  • The sum an entity loses on balance. 

  • Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work. 

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