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Protuberancy vs Swelling - What's the difference?

protuberancy | swelling | Related terms |

Protuberancy is a related term of swelling.


As nouns the difference between protuberancy and swelling

is that protuberancy is the quality or state of being protuberant while swelling is the state of being swollen.

As a verb swelling is

.

protuberancy

English

Noun

  • The quality or state of being protuberant.
  • A protuberance.
    • (Webster 1913)

    swelling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being swollen.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year= a1420 , year_published= 1894 , author= The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056 , by= (Lanfranc of Milan) , title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie." , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63 , original= , chapter= Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone , section= , isbn= 1163911380 , edition= , publisher= K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co , location= London , editor= Robert von Fleischhacker , volume= , page= 63 , passage= Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge ; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra. }}
  • Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.

    • See also

    * edema

    Verb

    (head)