Difference between Megrim and Hemicrania

What is the difference between Megrim and Hemicrania?

Megrim as a noun is a migraine. while Hemicrania as a noun is a headache affecting one side of the head.

Megrim

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A migraine. A fancy, a whim, a freak, a caprice. Usually in the plural, any of various diseases of animals, especially horses, marked by a disturbance of equilibrium and abnormal gait and behaviour such as staggers or a sudden vertigo, sometimes followed by unconsciousness. Usually in the plural - depression, low spirits, unhappiness. A type of European deep water flatfish.

Hemicrania

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A headache affecting one side of the head.

We hope you now know whether to use Megrim or Hemicrania in your sentence.

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