Bruise vs Scar - What's the difference?
bruise | scar |
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.
To mark the skin permanently.
* Shakespeare
To form a scar.
(figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
In transitive terms the difference between bruise and scar
is that bruise is to damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way while scar is to mark the skin permanently.In intransitive terms the difference between bruise and scar
is that bruise is to fight with the fists; to box while scar is to form a scar.bruise
English
(wikipedia bruise)Alternative forms
* bruize (obsolete)Verb
(bruis)- Bananas bruise easily.
- I bruise easily.
- Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom.
Derived terms
* bruiser * bruisingNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (medical) ecchymosis, contusion (technical term ) * See alsoAnagrams
* * * English ergative verbs ----scar
English
(wikipedia scar)Etymology 1
Conflation of (etyl) . More at shard.Synonyms
* cicatriceVerb
(scarr)- Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
- Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.