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Vives vs Hives - What's the difference?

vives | hives |

As nouns the difference between vives and hives

is that vives is a disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration while hives is itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

As a verb hives is

third-person singular of hive.

vives

English

Noun

(-)
  • A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    hives

    English

    (wikipedia hives)

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
    • Synonyms
    * urticaria * nettle-rash

    Etymology 2

    See

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (hive)

    • Anagrams

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