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Boils vs Folliculitis - What's the difference?

boils | folliculitis |

As nouns the difference between boils and folliculitis

is that boils is while folliculitis is (medicine) inflammation of one or more hair follicles.

As a verb boils

is (boil).

boils

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (boil)
  • folliculitis

    Noun

  • (medicine) Inflammation of one or more hair follicles.
  • Derived terms

    * folliculitis agminate * (or folliculitis barbae) * folliculitis decalvans