What's the difference between acrid and corrosive?

Acrid


Definition:

  • (a.) Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
  • (a.) Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
  • (a.) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Children and the elderly were urged to stay indoors and some residents who ventured out wore face masks as the acrid murk entered its third day.
  • (2) Not via muttering idiots, but upfront, with an acrid twist.
  • (3) Beijing has issued its first pollution red alert as acrid smog enveloped the Chinese capital for the second time this month.
  • (4) The acrid taste left by the election was heightened by the US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks which revealed Amano's assiduous courting of American support .
  • (5) The controversy became so acrid that in April, more than 100 prominent members of the local church took out a full-page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle asking the pope to remove Cordileone from his position for fostering “an atmosphere of division and intolerance”.
  • (6) Moscow was veiled in acrid smoke from such fires this morning as landmarks disappeared from view and commuters clutched handkerchiefs to their faces.
  • (7) As MPs inside debated the draconian economic reforms that eurozone nations and the IMF have demanded in return for the biggest bailout in history, riot police outside fired off rounds of acrid teargas to keep the crowd at bay.
  • (8) Beyond lies Kamrangir Char, a vast slum where clouds of acrid smoke from burning rubbish hide tenements packed with thin men, anxious women and grubby children with tubercular coughs.
  • (9) A thick acrid smog enveloped Moscow today as scores of fires blazed and peat bogs smouldered outside the city.
  • (10) The sun was directly overhead and the acrid smell of burning plastic stung the back of her throat.
  • (11) Bumper-to-bumper traffic, much of it stationary, the acrid steam of a thousand exhausts hanging in the cold winter air.
  • (12) Look at the garbage fire right here,” he adds, pointing toward a thick cloud of acrid smoke across the street.
  • (13) The elder sister, who is 19 and pregnant with her second child, squints but sits still in the acrid air.
  • (14) The wind carried the acrid smell of several burned vehicles across town, and most Muslims hid in their homes.
  • (15) The Finns like to have it in everything from drinks to soap and as I drank the sweet, slightly acrid concoction, Eveliina recited a Finnish saying: “If sauna, vodka and tar don’t help, the disease will kill you.” In the sauna itself, there were other treatments.
  • (16) Acrid plumes of smoke – produced by forest fires triggered by drought and other factors –are already choking cities across south-east Asia.
  • (17) Its acrid smell and particulate matter irritate the eyes, nose, and lungs and cause nausea; it is also a suspected vector for transmitting infectious materials, such as the human papilloma virus (HPV) associated with condyloma (a wartlike lesion) and cervical cancer.
  • (18) When the Guardian visited Monywa earlier this week, the air around the plant was filled with the acrid stench of sulphuric acid.
  • (19) In minutes thick, acrid smoke engulfed the house, swiftly taking the lives of six children, aged five to 13.
  • (20) Amid this sea of shacks, many constructed from corrugated iron haphazardly bolted together, piles of rubbish go uncollected and acrid water runs down unpaved dirt tracks.

Corrosive


Definition:

  • (a.) Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid.
  • (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
  • (n.) That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
  • (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The influence of mucin on the corrosion behaviour of seven typical dental casting alloys was investigated.
  • (2) Pitting corrosion was seen on low-resistant Ni-Cr alloys, which had less Cr content.
  • (3) It would appear that there was airborne spread of the organism from these cooling water systems which had not received conventional treatment to inhibit corrosion and organic growth.
  • (4) Following the injection of suitable media, the arterial tree of 22 post-mortem human stomachs was studied by angiography, or corrosion and micro-dissection.
  • (5) It was determined that the Ag-rich phase of Ag-Pd-Cu-Au alloy was preferentially attacked to form Ag2S corrosion product.
  • (6) Crevice corrosion propagation for gamma 2-free vs. gamma 2-containing amalgams was characterized by lower acceleration and maximum rates during the most dynamic period.
  • (7) The traditional alloys used as metal bases for fixed partial dentures are accompanied by various problems such as corrosion, allergy, toxicity, casting, and preparation for both patient and prosthodontist and in magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis.
  • (8) Similarly, significant correlations were found between the individual tissue reaction scores and crevice corrosion scores from the 201 individual sites, again for all devices and for the asymptomatic and symptomatic removal groups.
  • (9) In the cracks corrosion products usually found on amalgam were identified.
  • (10) The study included 101 specimens and used an injection-corrosion technique that obtained internal casts of the main trunks and coronary arterial branches.
  • (11) The use of methyl methacrylate corrosion-casts has made it possible to examine the intracranial microvasculature on a three-dimensional scale with the scanning electron microscope.
  • (12) The present paper states very briefly the main steps leading to the technique of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of vascular corrosion casts.
  • (13) Early corrosion phenomena required re-polishing every three months.
  • (14) The objective of this study was to determine the in vitro corrosion products that resulted from crevice corrosion of low- and high-copper dental amalgams.
  • (15) We present eight cases of chemical burns of the eyes from titanium tetrachloride, an acidic corrosive liquid.
  • (16) They depended on the type of the AC-plates as well as on their age and corrosion intensity.
  • (17) Corrosion potential and zero resistance ammetry studies were carried out; the effects observed were variable and depended upon the nature of the metal and its surface condition.
  • (18) The electrical stimulus parameters produced by the Nucleus receiver-stimulator cause no loss of spiral ganglion cells or corrosion of the platinum band electrodes.
  • (19) Microvascular corrosion casts of chicken embryos between four and 19 days after fertilization have been prepared.
  • (20) If these points are considered, comparative data, even of quantitative nature, can be obtained from corrosion casts.