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Wheal vs Bruise - What's the difference?

wheal | bruise |

As nouns the difference between wheal and bruise

is that wheal is a small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc while bruise is a purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

As a verb bruise is

to strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.

wheal

English

Etymology 1

Compare wale. (wikipedia wheal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
    • Synonyms
    * wale * weal * welt

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hwel.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.
  • * 1829 , Thomas Moore, The History of Devonshire , page 528,
    • The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal' Crowndale, '''Wheal''' Crebor, East Liscombe, and ' Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length.
  • * 2003 , Peter Long, The Hidden Places of Cornwall , page 85,
    • Surrounding the village are the remains ot many mine workings including the picturesque gtoup of clifftop buildings thar were once part of one of the county's best known mines - Wheal Coares.
  • * 2010 , , Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks , page 27,
    • If you look at the map there are ‘wheals’ all over the place. There's Wheal' Rose, '''Wheal''' Plenty and '''Wheal''' Busy. Back on the tramroad the industrial communities come thick and fast as you head southeast to ' Wheal Rose.
    Usage notes
    Chiefly appears in the names of mines in Cornwall and Devon.

    Anagrams

    * English terms with homophones

    bruise

    English

    (wikipedia bruise)

    Alternative forms

    * bruize (obsolete)

    Verb

    (bruis)
  • To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
  • To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
  • Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
    • Bananas bruise easily.
  • To become bruised.
    • I bruise easily.
  • To fight with the fists; to box.
  • * Thackeray
    • Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom.

    Derived terms

    * bruiser * bruising

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
  • A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.

    • Synonyms

    * (medical) ecchymosis, contusion (technical term ) * See also

    Anagrams

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