Impair vs Scar - What's the difference?
impair | scar | Related terms |
To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
(archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
To mark the skin permanently.
* Shakespeare
To form a scar.
(figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
Impair is a related term of scar.
In lang=en terms the difference between impair and scar
is that impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on while scar is to form a scar.As verbs the difference between impair and scar
is that impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on while scar is to mark the skin permanently.As an adjective impair
is (obsolete) not fit or appropriate.As a noun scar is
a permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound or scar can be a cliff or scar can be a marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.impair
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* (l) (qualifier)Verb
(en verb)- (Milton)
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* * * ----scar
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(wikipedia scar)Etymology 1
Conflation of (etyl) . More at shard.Synonyms
* cicatriceVerb
(scarr)- Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
- Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.