Difference between Stye and Hordeolum

What is the difference between Stye and Hordeolum?

Stye as a noun is a bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid. while Hordeolum as a noun is sty. an infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. this is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.

We hope you now know whether to use Stye or Hordeolum in your sentence.