Mangle vs Scar - What's the difference?
mangle | scar | Related terms |
To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
* Milton
* Jonathan Swift
(archaic) To wring laundry.
(computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
To mark the skin permanently.
* Shakespeare
To form a scar.
(figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
Mangle is a related term of scar.
In lang=en terms the difference between mangle and scar
is that mangle is to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc while scar is to form a scar.As verbs the difference between mangle and scar
is that mangle is to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc while scar is to mark the skin permanently.As nouns the difference between mangle and scar
is that mangle is a hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry while 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.mangle
English
(wikipedia mangle)Verb
(mangl)- mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail
- when they are disposed to mangle a play or novel
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* put through the mangleAnagrams
* ----scar
English
(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.
