Carbuncle vs Wart - What's the difference?
carbuncle | wart |
(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:
* 1611 . Old Testament , King James Version, Isaiah 54:12:
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.
(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 )
* 2002 , "Linonut", Computer Science'' (on newsgroup ''comp.os.linux.advocacy )
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)- With eyes like carbuncles , the hellish Pyrrhus...
- And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles , and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
See also
* ruby ----wart
English
(wikipedia wart)Noun
(en noun)- Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
- 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.