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Acne vs Ance - What's the difference?

acne | ance |

As a noun acne

is acne.

As a proper noun ance is

.

acne

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
  • A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

    • Derived terms

    * acned * acne rosacea * acne vulgaris

    Derived terms

    * bacne

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    ance

    English

    Adverb

    (head)
  • (chiefly, Scotland)
  • * {{quote-book, year=a. 1805, author=Jane Elliot, title=English Poets of the Eighteenth Century, chapter=A Lament for Flodden, edition= citation
    • , passage=The English, for ance , by guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, lie cauld in the clay. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818, author=Sir Walter Scott, title=The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="If I were ance at Lunnon," said Jeanie, in exculpation, "I am amaist sure I could get means to speak to the queen about my sister's life." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1873, author=Anthony Trollope, title=The Eustace Diamonds, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Pownies ain't to be had for nowt in Ayrshire, as was ance , my leddie." }}

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