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Scar vs Marking - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between scar and marking

is that scar is a permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound while marking is the action of the verb to mark.

As verbs the difference between scar and marking

is that scar is to mark the skin permanently while marking is present participle of lang=en.

scar

English

(wikipedia scar)

Etymology 1

Conflation of (etyl) . More at shard.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
    • Synonyms
    * cicatrice

    Verb

    (scarr)
  • To mark the skin permanently.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
  • To form a scar.
  • (figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
    • Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.

    Derived terms

    * scar tissue

    See also

    * birthmark

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sker.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cliff.
  • A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    marking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark .
  • * {{quote-news
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  • a mark
  • the characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal

    • Derived terms

    * marking blue * marking error * marking fire * marking out