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Wen vs Tumor - What's the difference?

wen | tumor |

As nouns the difference between wen and tumor

is that wen is a cyst on the skin while tumor is an abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

As a proper noun Wen

is {{surname|common|from=Chinese}} of east Asian derivation.

wen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cyst on the skin.
  • * 1854 , (Henry David Thoreau), (Walden) , Walden:
    • When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormous wen which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all, but because he had all that to carry.
  • * 1973 , (Thomas Pynchon), Gravity's Rainbow :
    • Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin, wens , sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 4:
    • I am debating whether to risk scratching the right side of my jaw, where there is a wen .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a runic letter later replaced by w

    • Anagrams

    *

    Etymology 3

    Noun

  • An enormously congested city.
    • English terms with homophones ----

    tumor

    English

    (wikipedia tumor)

    Alternative forms

    * tumour (Commonwealth)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

    • Usage notes

    is the standard modern spelling elsewhere.

    Synonyms

    * (an abnormal growth) neoplasm

    Hyponyms

    * (an abnormal growth) adenoma, granuloma * See also

    Derived terms

    * tumorigenesis