Salve vs. Balm
Salvenoun
An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
Salvenoun
Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
Salveverb
(transitive) To calm or assuage.
Salveverb
To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
Salveverb
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
Salveverb
To salvage.
Salveverb
To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
Salveverb
(obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
Salveverb
(obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
Salveverb
(transitive) To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.
Salveinterjection
Hail; a greeting.
Salveinterjection
Hail!
Salveverb
To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.
Salveverb
To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
Salveverb
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
Salveverb
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
Salvenoun
An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
Salvenoun
A soothing remedy or antidote.
Salvenoun
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
Salvenoun
anything that remedies or heals or soothes;
Salveverb
save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Salveverb
apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
Salve
A salve is a medical ointment used to soothe the surface of the body.
Balmnoun
Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
Balmnoun
A plant or tree yielding such substance.
Balmnoun
Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
Balmnoun
(figuratively) Something soothing.
Balmnoun
The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis
Balmnoun
Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horse balm.
Balmverb
To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
Balmverb
To soothe; to mitigate.
Balmnoun
An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
Balmnoun
The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
Balmnoun
Any fragrant ointment.
Balmnoun
Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.
Balmverb
To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
Balmnoun
any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
Balmnoun
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
