Friction

Noun

 * 1) The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
 * 2) Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
 * : A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.

Adjectives for Friction
constant; incessant; insufficient; sectional; cheerful; spiritual; unnecessary; destructive; laborious; tidal; continual; unpleasant.

Verbs for Friction
expose to—; ignite by—; prophesy—; suffer—; sustain—; transmit—; undergo—; — agitates; —blisters; —chafes; —corrodes; —develops; —endangers; —grates; —polishes; —resists;  —rubs;  —scrubs;  — smooths; —stings; —tingles; —torments; —wears away.

Thesaurus
collision, competition, conflict, confutation, contention, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrariness, controversy, counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, crankiness, cross-purposes, crotchetiness, despitefulness, disaccord, disaffinity, disagreement, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dispute, dissension, dissent, enmity, erosion, feeling, fingering, fractiousness, fretting, fricative, frictional, frottage, grating, handling, hate, hatred, hostility, ill feeling, ill will, incompatibility, incompatibleness, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inimicalness, interference, jangle, jar, kick, malevolence, malice, malignity, manipulation, mischief, negativeness, nonconformity, noncooperation, obstinacy, open conflict, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, palpation, perverseness, petting, pressure, quarrelsomeness, reaction, recalcitrance, recoil, refractoriness, renitency, repercussion, repugnance, resistance, revolt, rivalry, rub, rubbing, scraping, spite, spitefulness, strained relations, strife, stroking, swimming upstream, tension, touching, uncooperativeness, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, vying, wrangling, Discordia, Eris, abrading, abrasion, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, argument, attrition, backlash, bad blood, belligerence, bickering, caressing, chafing, clash, clashing,

Etymology
From frictio, from perfect passive participle frictus

Related terms

 * coefficient of friction
 * static friction
 * dynamic friction
 * friction clutch
 * friction match
 * frictive
 * frictional
 * frictious

Translations

 * Arabic: احتكاك
 * Catalan: fricció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 摩擦 (mócā)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: hankaus
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: τριβή (triví)
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: (まさつ, masatsu)
 * Korean: 마찰
 * Latin:
 * Maltese:
 * Polish: tarcie
 * Portuguese: fricção
 * Romanian: frecare, fricțiune
 * Russian: трение
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: ఘర్షణ (gharshaNa)
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 摩擦 (mócā)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Dutch: wrijving, frictie , onenigheid , geschil , conflict
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: Reiberei, Friktion
 * Greek: προστριβές (prostrivés)


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 不和 (ふわ, fuwa)
 * Romanian: dezacord, neînțelegere, divergență
 * Russian: трение
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఘర్షణ (gharshaNa)
 * Turkish: sürtüşme


 * Catalan: fricció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 摩擦 (mócā)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Dutch: wrijving, frictie
 * Finnish:
 * French: friction, frottement
 * German:


 * Greek: τριβή (triví)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (まさつ, masatsu)
 * Maltese:
 * Polish: tarcie
 * Romanian: frecare, fricțiune
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) friction