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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to friction:   (220 results)

Often used in the same context:
tension, discord, rift, antagonism, animosity, dissension, spats, acrimony, disharmony, strife, disagreements, rancor, quarrels, hostility, consternation, irritation, resentment, schism, frostiness, instability, misunderstandings, mistrust, angst, unhappiness, awkwardness, polarization, distrust, tiff, confusion, disquiet, disunity, estrangement, fissures, disputes, frictional, unease, misalignment, enmity, ructions, conflicts, dissonance, discomfort, confrontations, stiction, bickering, disaffection, uneasiness, feuding, discontent, unpleasantness, brittleness, anxiety, flap, irritant, turbulence, infighting, controversy, squabbles, overinflation, cogging, furor, uproar, splits, backlash, ruckus, dustup, imbalance, looseness, pressure, interaction, contentiousness, contretemps, nervousness, bedevilment, grumbling, slippage, antipathy, chafing, bitterness, lubrication, dissatisfaction, entanglement, jealousies, stress, chumminess, disgruntlement, tenseness, uncertainty, gravitational interaction, unbalance, differences, touchiness, delamination, wrangles, closeness, incompatibility, inertia, miscommunication, fraying, asperities, kerfuffle, anger, frictions, rubbing, frustration, aggravation, annoyance, dissipation, provocation, abrasion, suction, attrition, distraction, embarrassment, evaporation, frustrations, hydrostatic, hysteretic, viscous, absorption, damping, dissipative, expansion, diffusive, hardening, dielectric, dispersion, force, hydrodynamic, impedance, loss, ohmic, resistive, aerodynamic

More specific:
abrasion, adhesive friction, attrition, detrition, grinding, grip, traction

Appears in the definition of:
., abrasion, adhesive friction, attrited, attrition, babbitt, babbitt metal, benjamin thompson, brake pads, burned-out, burnt-out, bushing, callosity, callus, chafe, chafing, chafing gear, cone clutch, cone friction clutch, corrasion, count rumford, cylindrical lining, decrepit, detrition, disc brake, disk brake, disk clutch, drum brake, drum brakes, erosive, fray, fret, frictional, frictionless, friction clutch, friction match, fusee, fuzee, greased, grinding, grip, kitchen match, lubricant, lubricated, lubricating substance, lubricator, lucifer, maglev, magnetic levitation, magnetic needle, match, meteor, perpetual motion, rope burn, rub, scratch, shooting star, slip clutch, slip friction clutch, spark, static electricity, surface noise, thompson, traction, tribology, unburnished, wear away, wear off, windage

More general:
conflict, effort, elbow grease, exertion, resistance, sweat, travail

Synonyms:
clash, detrition, rubbing

Also try:
— Nouns for friction: bearings, coefficient, arthroplasty, drag, metal, rollers, sounds, wheels, loss, metals, bearing, more...

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