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Fester vs Beal - What's the difference?

fester | beal |

As a verb fester

is to become septic; to become rotten.

As a proper noun beal is

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fester

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To become septic; to become rotten.
  • * Milton
    • Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
  • To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
    • Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
  • * Macaulay
    • Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
  • To cause to fester or rankle.
  • * Marston
    • For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.

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    beal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
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