corrosive vs mordant

corrosive

adj
  • Having the quality of fretting or vexing. 

  • destroying or undermining something gradually. 

  • Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid. 

noun
  • Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact. 

  • That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. 

mordant

adj
  • Having or showing a sharp or critical quality 

  • Serving to fix a dye to a fibre. 

verb
  • To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant. 

noun
  • A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere. 

  • Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation. 

  • Any corrosive substance used in etching. 

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