Disfigure vs Lacerate - What's the difference?
disfigure | lacerate | Related terms |
Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
To tear, rip or wound.
To thoroughly defeat; to thrash
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(botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
Disfigure is a related term of lacerate.
As verbs the difference between disfigure and lacerate
is that disfigure is change the appearance of something/someone to the negative while lacerate is to tear, rip or wound.As an adjective lacerate is
(botany) jagged, as if torn or lacerated.disfigure
English
Verb
(disfigur)- The burnings disfigured his face.
lacerate
English
Verb
(lacerat)citation, page= , passage=When the fixtures tumbled out of the computer for the start of a newly promoted season, Nigel Adkins must have wondered whether he had unknowingly broken any mirrors while walking under a ladder. Hot on the heels of a tough introduction to both Manchester clubs, a rampant Arsenal lacerated Southampton.}}
Adjective
(-)- The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.