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Diarrhea vs Scouring - What's the difference?

diarrhea | scouring |

As nouns the difference between diarrhea and scouring

is that diarrhea is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements while scouring is the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.

As a verb scouring is

present participle of lang=en.

diarrhea

English

(wikipedia diarrhea)

Alternative forms

* diarrhoea (British) *

Noun

  • (chiefly, North America) A condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements.
  • The watery excrement that comes from said bowel movements.

    • Synonyms

    * (medical condition) the runs, the shits, the squirts (US), the trots, the squits (both UK), the skitters (Scottish) (all slang) * See also

    Hyponyms

    * Montezuma's revenge (informal) * Pharao's revenge (informal)

    Related terms

    * * * * *

    See also

    * constipation

    scouring

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
  • (of livestock) .

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
    • Scouring the entire area revealed nothing.

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