Stain vs Pock - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between stain and pock

is that stain is a discoloured spot or area while pock is a pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.

As verbs the difference between stain and pock

is that stain is to discolour something while pock is to scar or mark with pits.

stain

English

(wikipedia stain)

Noun

(en noun)

A discoloured spot or area.

A blemish on one's character or reputation.

A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.

Derived terms

* (l) * Giemsa stain * Leishman stain * Romanowsky stain * Wright-Giemse stain * Wright's stain

Verb

(en verb)

To discolour something

to stain the hand with dye

armour stained with blood

To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

* Milton

Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained .

To coat a surface with a stain

to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.

the stained glass used for church windows

To treat a microscope specimen with a dye

To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

She stains the ripest virgins of her age.

* Spenser

that did all other beasts in beauty stain

Anagrams

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pock

English

Noun

(en noun)

A pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.

Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

Verb

(en verb)

To scar or mark with pits

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