Maul vs Scar - What's the difference?
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A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat.
(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
To handle someone or something in a rough way.
To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
(figuratively) To criticise harshly.
To mark the skin permanently.
* Shakespeare
To form a scar.
(figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
Maul is a related term of scar.
As nouns the difference between maul and scar
is that maul is mouth of an animal 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.As a verb scar is
to mark the skin permanently.maul
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (weapon) club, maceSee also
* ruck * scrumVerb
(en verb)- The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
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* *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.