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Syringe vs Scringe - What's the difference?

syringe | scringe |

As verbs the difference between syringe and scringe

is that syringe is to clean or inject fluid by means of a syringe while scringe is (uk|dialect|us|dialect) to cringe.

As a noun syringe

is a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.

syringe

English

(wikipedia syringe)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
  • A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

    • Usage notes

    * Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.

    See also

    * inject * intravenous * needle * shoot up

    Verb

    (syring)
  • To clean or inject fluid by means of a syringe.
    • Have your ears syringed , they're so dirty!

    External links

    * (commonslite)

    scringe

    English

    Verb

    (scring)
  • (UK, dialect, US, dialect) To cringe.
    • (Webster 1913)