graining vs woodgraining what difference

what is difference between graining and woodgraining

English

Etymology 1

Verb

graining

1. present participle of grain

Noun

graining (countable and uncountable, plural grainings)

1. The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
2. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
   • 1691, John Locke, Some considerations of the consequences of lowering the interest and raising the value of money

     mark the edges of the rest with a graining

3. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
4. (soap manufacture) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

graining (plural grainings)

1. A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.

Anagrams

• inraging

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