Cupping vs Massage - What's the difference?
cupping | massage |
(medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
(medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
(medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
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* 2008 , Patrick Wintour & Steven Morris, The Guardian , May 22 2008, p. 3:
To falsify (data or accounts).
As nouns the difference between cupping and massage
is that cupping is (medicine|archaic) the operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot while massage is .As a verb cupping
is .cupping
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(en noun)External links
* (Fire cupping)Verb
(head)massage
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(en noun)- Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* erotic massage * massager * massage parlour, massage parlor * massage therapist * massotherapyVerb
(massag)- News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...].
- The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 [...]
