Fret and Nibble

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Fret verb - To consume or wear away gradually.

Usage example: over the span of thousands of years, the annual spring runoff fretted the rock, forming a deep channel

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Nibble and fret are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nibble" instead a verb "Fret".

Nearby Words: fretful, fretted, fretting, fretwork

Nibble verb - To consume or wear away gradually.

Usage example: discovered that inflation had steadily nibbled their savings

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Fret and nibble are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fret" instead a verb "Nibble".

Nearby Words: nibbled, nibbling

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