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What is the difference between ringworm and shingles?

ringworm | shingles |

As nouns the difference between ringworm and shingles

is that ringworm is a contagious fungal affliction of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales while shingles is herpes zoster, caused by species: Human herpes virus 3, in genus genus: Varicellovirus.

ringworm

English

Noun

(-)
  • A contagious fungal affliction of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
  • * "As listed above, in superficial mycoses infection is localised to the skin, the hair, and the nails. An example is ringworm or tinea, an infection of the skin by a dermatophyte."

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Hyponyms

    * * * (l)

    shingles

    English

    (Herpes zoster)

    Noun

    (shingles)
  • (pathology, informal) herpes zoster, caused by .
  • English plurals

    • Synonyms

    * herpes zoster