Flakes vs Scurf - What's the difference?
flakes | scurf |
A skin disease.
The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
* Milton
(figurative) The foul remains of anything adherent.
* Dryden
(botany) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
As nouns the difference between flakes and scurf
is that flakes is (flake) while scurf is a skin disease.scurf
English
Noun
- There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top / Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire / Shone with a glossy scurf .
- The scurf is worn away of each committed crime.
- (Gray)