Teasles vs Measles - What's the difference?

teasles | measles |


As nouns the difference between teasles and measles

is that teasles is while measles is rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by measles virus'', of genus ''morbillivirus , featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes or measles can be (obsolete).

teasles

English

Noun

(head)
  • Anagrams

    *

    measles

    Etymology 1

    Plural of (etyl) and influenced by measle.

    Noun

    (measles)
  • Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by Measles virus'', of genus ''Morbillivirus , featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes
  • Any of several other similar diseases, such as German measles.
  • Usage notes
    * Used with either singular or plural verb.
    Synonyms
    * (disease) morbilli, rubeola, red measles, , hard measles
    Derived terms
    * * , three-day measles * false measles * French measles * German measles

    Etymology 2

    See measle

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete)
  • (obsolete) Leprosy.
  • English pluralia tantum