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Scur vs Scar - What's the difference?

scur | scar |

As nouns the difference between scur and scar

is that scur is (veterinary) a distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow while scar is a permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound or scar can be a cliff or scar can be a marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.

As verbs the difference between scur and scar

is that scur is (intransitive|obsolete|uk|dialect) to move hastily; to scour while scar is to mark the skin permanently.

scur

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (veterinary) A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (intransitive, obsolete, UK, dialect) To move hastily; to scour.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)

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    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

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