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Hives vs Eczema - What's the difference?

hives | eczema |

As nouns the difference between hives and eczema

is that hives is itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions while eczema is an acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.

As a verb hives

is third-person singular of hive.

hives

English

(wikipedia hives)

Etymology 1

(en)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
    • Synonyms
    * urticaria * nettle-rash

    Etymology 2

    See

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (hive)

    • Anagrams

    *

    eczema

    English

    (wikipedia eczema)

    Noun

  • An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.

    • Hypernyms

    * dermatitis

    Derived terms

    * eczematic * eczematous