Difference between Thorniness and Jaundice

What is the difference between Thorniness and Jaundice?

Thorniness as a noun is the property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult). while Jaundice as a noun is a morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, queasiness, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. it is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. other causes include increased hemolysis and any liver disease. the discoloration is caused by accumulation of bilirubin in the body; bilirubin is normally excreted in bile to give feces their normal yellow-brown coloration.

Thorniness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).

Jaundice

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, queasiness, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. Other causes include increased hemolysis and any liver disease. The discoloration is caused by accumulation of bilirubin in the body; bilirubin is normally excreted in bile to give feces their normal yellow-brown coloration.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

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