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Unguent vs Balsam - What's the difference?

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Unguent is a related term of balsam.


As nouns the difference between unguent and balsam

is that unguent is any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes while balsam is balsam, balm; ointment.

unguent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
  • * 1809-1812 — , Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque
    • "Alas!" said Syntax, "could I pop / Just now, upon a blacksmith's shop, / Whose cooling unguents would avail / To save poor Grizzle's ears and tail!"
  • * 1853 —
    • So she put a golden box into his hand, and directed him how to apply the perfumed unguent which it contained, and where to meet her at midnight.
  • * 1890 —
    • Thou knowest of old that my temper is somewhat choleric, and my tongue not greased with that unguent which oils the mouths of the lip-serving lords of the land.

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    balsam

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

  • A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
  • A plant or tree yielding such substance.
  • A soothing ointment.
  • Something soothing.
    • ''Classical music is a sweet balsam for our sorrows
  • A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens .
  • A balsam fir.
  • Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.

    • Synonyms

    * (sweet-smelling oil) balm * (plant or tree) balm * (soothing ointment) balm * (something soothing) balm * jewelweed, impatiens, touch-me-not

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "balsam") * balsamaceous * balsam apple * balsamed * balsam fir * balsamic * balsamiferous * Balsamina * balsamint, balsam-mint * balsam of Acouchi * balsam of aniseed * balsam of Copaiba * balsam of Gilead * balsam of Mecca * balsam of Peru * balsam of saturn * balsam of steel * balsam of sulfur, balsam of sulphur * balsam of Tolu * balsam oil * balsam pear * balsam poplar * balsamroot * balsam-tansy * balsam tree * balsamy * Canada balsam * friar's balsam * garden balsam * Mecca balsam * Peruvian balsam * Tolu balsam * true balsam * Turlington's balsam * Wade's balsam * wild balsam apple * yellow balsam

    Related terms

    (terms related to "balsam") * balm * balsamate * balsamation * Balsaminaceae * balsamine * balsamise, balsamize * balsamitic * balsamo * balsamous * balsamum * opobalsam, opobalsamum * xylobalsamum

    See also

    * (Impatiens)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat or anoint with balsam.

    • Anagrams

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