Difference between Pimple and Hickey

What is the difference between Pimple and Hickey?

Pimple as a noun is an inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus. while Hickey as a noun is a bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one's partner's body and sucking.

Pimple

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus. An annoying person.

Example sentence: I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I'd cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark.

Hickey

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one's partner's body and sucking.Used by some speakers to refer to an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo.Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.

We hope you now know whether to use Pimple or Hickey in your sentence.

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