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Fester vs Purulent - What's the difference?

fester | purulent |

As a verb fester

is to become septic; to become rotten.

As an adjective purulent is

(medicine) consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.

fester

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To become septic; to become rotten.
  • * Milton
    • Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
  • To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
    • Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
  • * Macaulay
    • Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
  • To cause to fester or rankle.
  • * Marston
    • For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    purulent

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
    • * (English Citations of "purulent")

    Derived terms

    * mucopurulent