Aphtha vs Canker - What's the difference?
aphtha | canker |
As nouns the difference between aphtha and canker is that aphtha is (pathology) candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush while canker is (botany) a plant disease marked by gradual decay. As a verb canker is to affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
aphtha English
Noun
(pathology) candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush
An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause.
foot-and-mouth disease
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canker English
Noun
(botany) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
* Temple
- the cankers of envy and faction
A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
* Shakespeare
- To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose, / And plant this thorn, this canker , Bolingbroke.
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae .
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; usually resulting from neglected thrush.
Synonyms
* water canker, canker of the mouth, noma
* (bird disease) avian trichomoniasis, roup
* (hawk disease) frounce
Related terms
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Verb
( en verb)
To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
* 1849 , , In Memoriam , 26:
- Still onward winds the dreary way; / I with it; for I long to prove / No lapse of moons can canker Love, / Whatever fickle tongues may say.
To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
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