Birthmark vs. Scar

Birthmarknoun

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

Birthmarknoun

Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.

Birthmarknoun

a blemish on the skin formed before birth

Birthmark

A birthmark is a congenital, benign irregularity on the skin which is present at birth or appears shortly after birth—usually in the first month. They can occur anywhere on the skin.

Scarnoun

A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

Scarnoun

A permanent effect on someone’s mind, caused by a traumatic experience.

Scarnoun

A cliff.

Scarnoun

A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

Scarnoun

A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).

Scarverb

(transitive) To mark the skin permanently.

Scarverb

(intransitive) To form a scar.

Scarverb

To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.

Scarnoun

A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.

Scarnoun

A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary.

Scarnoun

An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.

Scarnoun

A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.

Scarverb

To mark with a scar or scars.

Scarverb

To form a scar.

Scarnoun

a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue

Scarnoun

an indication of damage

Scarverb

mark with a scar;

Scar

A scar is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs and tissues of the body.