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Scarring vs Scarification - What's the difference?

scarring | scarification |

As nouns the difference between scarring and scarification

is that scarring is a scar; a mark while scarification is the act of scarifying - of raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.

As a verb scarring

is .

scarring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A scar; a mark.
    • We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here. — Tyndall.

    scarification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of scarifying - of raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
  • A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.

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