Bruise vs. Scar

Bruiseverb

(transitive) 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.

Bruiseverb

(transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.

Bruiseverb

(intransitive) Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

Bruiseverb

(intransitive) To become bruised.

Bruiseverb

(intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.

Bruisenoun

(medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

Bruisenoun

A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.

Bruiseverb

To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.

Bruiseverb

To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.

Bruiseverb

To fight with the fists; to box.

Bruisenoun

An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.

Bruisenoun

an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

Bruiseverb

injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of;

Bruiseverb

hurt the feelings of;

Bruiseverb

break up into small pieces for food preparation;

Bruiseverb

damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure;

Bruisenoun

an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels

Bruisenoun

a mark indicating damage on a fruit, vegetable, or plant.

Bruiseverb

inflict a bruise on (someone or something)

Bruiseverb

be susceptible to bruising

Bruiseverb

hurt (someone's feelings)

Bruiseverb

crush or pound (food)

Bruise

A bruise, also known as a contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue, the most common cause being capillaries damaged by trauma, causing localized bleeding that extravasates into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Most bruises are not very deep under the skin so that the bleeding causes a visible discoloration.

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.