Words mean something. We use them to describe the things we see on our coins. It is important that each of us tries to use the same words for the same characteristic.
This surprised me. If you picked "scuff" or "scrape" that is a good answer. Now, let's get down to the tecnicalities and open this discussion. Think about the difference (the characteristics: length, width, depth) between a scuff and a scrape. Let's get some comments please. Which is the better word: scrape or scuff?
To me a scrape is damaging. It’s deep and sometimes wide. It can be accidental but usually it’s deliberate. A scuff mark is still damage but it’s much lighter and not near as deep. Most always it’s accidental but not 100%.
Agree with above. I look at a scrape as deeper and not as easily removed , whereas a scuff is shallow and often not continuous and sometimes is removable or deminished
I agree with both of you. The dictionary considers a "scuff" to be a scrape. I am the odd person out as I call this mark a scrape because of the severity of the aount of damage. However, most of you and also my wife (She says to tell Doug hello) called it a "scuff."
A scuff is what your car left on the other person's car. A scape is what their car left on yours. An imperfect analogy to shoes (the old-fashioned kind that you had to shine): A scuff was a mark that did not actually break the finished leather outer skin of the shoe. It could often be polished out or diminished. A scrape broke the leather surface.
Publius2, posted: An imperfect analogy to shoes (the old-fashioned kind that you had to shine): A scuff was a mark that did not actually break the finished leather outer skin of the shoe. It could often be polished out or diminished. A scrape broke the leather surface." In that case, the mark on the cheek is better described as a "scrape." Anyway, that is what I intend to keep calling this amount of damage.
