Cleanse vs Heal - What's the difference?
cleanse | heal |
To free from dirt; to clean, purify.
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To spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge.
To hide; conceal; keep secret.
To cover, as for protection.
To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
* Bible, Matthew viii. 8
To become better.
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
(obsolete) health
In lang=en terms the difference between cleanse and heal
is that cleanse is to spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge while heal is to become better.As verbs the difference between cleanse and heal
is that cleanse is to free from dirt; to clean, purify while heal is to hide; conceal; keep secret or heal can be to make better from a disease, wound, etc; to revive or cure.As a noun heal is
(obsolete) health.cleanse
English
Verb
(cleans)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}
Anagrams
* * * *heal
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) helen, hilen, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) helen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- This bandage will heal your cut.
- Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed .
- Bandages allow cuts to heal .
- to heal dissensions
Synonyms
* (make better) cure, make whole * (become better) get better, recoverDerived terms
* healable * healand, Healand * healer * healthNoun
(-)- (Chaucer)
