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Hematoma vs Haemorrhage - What's the difference?

hematoma | haemorrhage |

As nouns the difference between hematoma and haemorrhage

is that hematoma is a swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of a broken blood vessel while haemorrhage is (pathology) a heavy release of blood within or from a body.

As a verb haemorrhage is

to bleed copiously.

hematoma

English

Alternative forms

* haematoma *

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of a broken blood vessel.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "hematoma") ----

    haemorrhage

    English

    (wikipedia haemorrhage)

    Alternative forms

    * hemorrhage (North American) * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) A heavy release of blood within or from a body.
    • We got news that he died of a haemorrhage !
  • (figurative) A sudden or significant loss
  • * 2013 , Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/gibraltar-falklands-deny-logic-history]
    • Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation.

    Synonyms

    * bleed * bleeding * *

    Verb

  • To bleed copiously.
    • It’s haemorrhaging now!
  • (figuratively) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
    • The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.