Scar vs Crave - What's the difference?
scar | crave |
To mark the skin permanently.
* Shakespeare
To form a scar.
(figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
* Edmund Gurney
To ask for earnestly.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Mark xv. 43
In transitive terms the difference between scar and crave
is that scar is to mark the skin permanently while crave is to ask for earnestly.As a noun scar
is a permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.scar
English
(wikipedia scar)Etymology 1
Conflation of (etyl) . More at shard.Synonyms
* cicatriceVerb
(scarr)- Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
- Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.
Derived terms
* scar tissueSee also
* birthmarkEtymology 2
From (etyl) sker.Etymology 3
(etyl) (lena) .Anagrams
* ----crave
English
Verb
(crav)- I know I should diet more, but every afternoon I crave a soda so I have one.
- His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
- I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.
- I crave your honour's pardon.
- Joseph went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.