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Carbuncle vs Wart - What's the difference?

carbuncle | wart |

As nouns the difference between carbuncle and wart

is that carbuncle is (archaic) a deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon while wart is guard, ward.

carbuncle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
  • * 1602 . , act 2 scene 2 line 401:
  • With eyes like carbuncles , the hellish Pyrrhus...
  • * 1611 . Old Testament , King James Version, Isaiah 54:12:
  • And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles , and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
  • An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by bacterial infection.
  • (heraldiccharge) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
  • See also

    * ruby ----

    wart

    English

    (wikipedia wart)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
  • Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
  • (computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
  • * 1998 , "Chris Ahlstrom", Hungarian notation'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.vc.language )
  • Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
  • * 2002 , "Linonut", Computer Science'' (on newsgroup ''comp.os.linux.advocacy )
  • Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.

    Derived terms

    * genital wart * Peruvian wart * plantar wart * wall wart * warthog * warty * warts and all * warty toad

    See also

    * verruca ----