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Rashes vs Measles - What's the difference?

rashes | measles |

As nouns the difference between rashes and measles

is that rashes is plural of lang=en 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.

rashes

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    measles

    English

    (wikipedia 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