Sweat and Scratch

Sweat

Sweat verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns

Scratch and sweat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scratch" instead a verb "Sweat".

Scratch

Scratch verb - To damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface.

Sweat and scratch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sweat" instead a verb "Scratch".

Nearby Words: scratched, scratchy, scratching

How words are described

nice nice sweat nice scratch
single single sweat single scratch
visible visible sweat visible scratch
huge huge sweat huge scratch
Other adjectives: little, minor.

Common collocations

substance sweat substance scratch substance
way sweat way scratch way
skin sweat skin scratch skin
Cite this Source
Scratch and Sweat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sweat/scratch
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