Difference between Lockjaw and Tetanus

What is the difference between Lockjaw and Tetanus?

Lockjaw as a noun is a spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. it causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation. while Tetanus as a noun is a serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.

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