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Fester vs Festerment - What's the difference?

fester | festerment |

As a verb fester

is to become septic; to become rotten.

As a noun festerment is

a festering.

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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    festerment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A festering.
  • (Chalmers)
    (Webster 1913)