Battered vs Bruised - What's the difference?
battered | bruised |
(batter)
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.
*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
(label) Coated with batter.
(bruise)
To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
To become bruised.
To fight with the fists; to box.
* Thackeray
(medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.
As verbs the difference between battered and bruised
is that battered is (batter) while bruised is (bruise).As an adjective battered
is beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.battered
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(en adjective)The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered -looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
bruised
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(head)bruise
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(wikipedia bruise)Alternative forms
* bruize (obsolete)Verb
(bruis)- Bananas bruise easily.
- I bruise easily.
- Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom.