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Gangrene vs Ulcerate - What's the difference?

gangrene | ulcerate |


As verbs the difference between gangrene and ulcerate

is that gangrene is while ulcerate is (medicine|transitive) to cause an ulcer to develop.

As adjectives the difference between gangrene and ulcerate

is that gangrene is gangrenous while ulcerate is (palynology|of a pollen grain) having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.

Gangrene vs Lacerate - What's the difference?

gangrene | lacerate |


As verbs the difference between gangrene and lacerate

is that gangrene is while lacerate is to tear, rip or wound.

As adjectives the difference between gangrene and lacerate

is that gangrene is gangrenous while lacerate is (botany) jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

Putrid vs Gangrene - What's the difference?

putrid | gangrene |


As adjectives the difference between putrid and gangrene

is that putrid is rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction while gangrene is gangrenous.

As a verb gangrene is

.

Infarction vs Gangrene - What's the difference?

infarction | gangrene |


As a noun infarction

is (pathology) the process which causes an infarct.

As a verb gangrene is

.

As an adjective gangrene is

gangrenous.

Infraction vs Gangrene - What's the difference?

infraction | gangrene |


As a noun infraction

is (legal) a minor offence, petty crime.

As a verb gangrene is

.

As an adjective gangrene is

gangrenous.

Gang vs Gangrene - What's the difference?

gang | gangrene |


As a noun gang

is a gang, a team, a group.

As a verb gangrene is

.

As an adjective gangrene is

gangrenous.

Gangrene vs Marsupial - What's the difference?

gangrene | marsupial |


As adjectives the difference between gangrene and marsupial

is that gangrene is gangrenous while marsupial is of or pertaining to a marsupial.

As a verb gangrene

is .

As a noun marsupial is

a mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the marsupialia like the shrew opposum.

Necrotic vs Gangrene - What's the difference?

necrotic | gangrene |


As adjectives the difference between necrotic and gangrene

is that necrotic is (pathology) of or pertaining to necrosis, particularly of tissue while gangrene is gangrenous.

As a verb gangrene is

.

Infarct vs Gangrene - What's the difference?

infarct | gangrene |


As nouns the difference between infarct and gangrene

is that infarct is an area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis while gangrene is the necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.

As a verb gangrene is

to produce gangrene in.

Frostbite vs Gangrene - What's the difference?

frostbite | gangrene |


In transitive terms the difference between frostbite and gangrene

is that frostbite is to expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost while gangrene is to produce gangrene in.

In intransitive terms the difference between frostbite and gangrene

is that frostbite is to engage in winter sailboating while gangrene is to be affected with gangrene.

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