Marred vs Scarred - What's the difference?
marred | scarred |
(obsolete) Of a person, to be perplexed or troubled
(Northern England) Of a child, to be spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged
(mar)
(scar)
To mark the skin permanently.
* Shakespeare
To form a scar.
(figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
As verbs the difference between marred and scarred
is that marred is (mar) while scarred is (scar).As an adjective marred
is (obsolete) of a person, to be perplexed or troubled.marred
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Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)scarred
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*scar
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(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.