Difference between Scar and Pock

What is the difference between Scar and Pock?

Scar as a noun is a permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound. while Pock as a noun is a pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.

Scar

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound. a cliff a rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To mark the skin permanently

Example sentence: I bought a dodgy gold ring off a guy in Southampton. He told me to check it was real gold by heating it up with a lighter and pressing it against my skin, because real gold doesn't burn. I still have the scar on my left hand.

Pock

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To scar or mark with pits

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

We hope you now know whether to use Scar or Pock in your sentence.

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