Fester vs. Rot
Festernoun
A fistula.
Festernoun
(pathology) A sore or an ulcer of the skin.
Festernoun
The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment.
Festerverb
(intransitive) To become septic; to become rotten.
Festerverb
(intransitive) To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
Festerverb
(transitive) To cause to fester or rankle.
Festerverb
To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
Festerverb
To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
Festerverb
To cause to fester or rankle.
Festernoun
A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
Festernoun
A festering or rankling.
Festernoun
a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
Festerverb
ripen and generate pus;
Rotverb
(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
Rotverb
(intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
Rotverb
(ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
Rotverb
(transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
Rotverb
To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
Rotverb
(transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
Rotnoun
The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
Rotnoun
Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
Rotnoun
Verbal nonsense.
Rotverb
To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.
Rotverb
Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
Rotverb
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.
Rotverb
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
Rotnoun
Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
Rotnoun
A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.
Rotnoun
A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.
Rotnoun
decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
Rotnoun
(biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action
Rotnoun
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Rotverb
break down;
Rotverb
waste away;
Rotverb
(chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose
Rotverb
gradually deteriorate, especially through neglect
Rotverb
make fun of; tease
Rotnoun
the process of decaying
Rotnoun
rotten or decayed matter.
Rotnoun
any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases that cause tissue deterioration, especially in plants.
Rotnoun
liver rot in sheep.
Rotnoun
a process of deterioration; a decline in standards
Rotnoun
corruption on the part of officials.
Rotnoun
nonsense; rubbish
