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Pimple vs Papula - What's the difference?

pimple | papula |

As nouns the difference between pimple and papula

is that pimple is an inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus while papula is (medicine) a pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.

As a verb pimple

is to develop pimples.

pimple

English

(wikipedia pimple)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
    • I had to pop that embarrassing pimple , it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose .
  • (slang) An annoying person.
    • He's such a pimple ! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!

    Synonyms

    * acker (old Australian slang) * acne * pustule * spot (qualifier) * zit (qualifier)

    Related terms

    * pimpled * pimply

    See also

    * blackhead * whitehead

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To develop pimples

    • papula

    English

    Noun

    (papulae)
  • (medicine) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
    • (Quain)
  • (zoology) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
    • (Webster 1913) ----