Nonskid and Rough

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Nonskid adjective - Designed to reduce or prevent skidding.

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Rough and nonskid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Nonskid".

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

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Nonskid and rough are semantically related. You can use "Nonskid" instead an adjective "Rough".

It's definitely done for Rule of Funny, but you can't swab an aircraft carrier flight deck (it's mostly a rough material called nonskid, swabs get stuck to it), nor would you really want to.

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