Cataract vs Catarrh - What's the difference?
cataract | catarrh |
(obsolete) A waterspout
A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.
A flood of water (rfex)
An overwhelming downpour or rush
(pathology) A disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness.
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In pathology terms the difference between cataract and catarrh
is that cataract is a disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness while catarrh is inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.As nouns the difference between cataract and catarrh
is that cataract is a waterspout while catarrh is inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.cataract
English
(wikipedia cataract)Noun
(en noun)- ''The cataracts on the Nile helped compartiment Upper Egypt
- ''His cataract of eloquence
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