Bloated vs Bruised - What's the difference?
bloated | bruised |
(bloat)
Swollen with fluid or gas.
Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
(computing) Describing software which is overloaded with features, known as bloatware.
(of food) Slightly salted and lightly smoked (as in bloated herring).
(bruise)
To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
To become bruised.
To fight with the fists; to box.
* Thackeray
(medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.
As verbs the difference between bloated and bruised
is that bloated is (bloat) while bruised is (bruise).As an adjective bloated
is swollen with fluid or gas.bloated
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(head)Adjective
(en adjective)bruised
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(head)bruise
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(wikipedia bruise)Alternative forms
* bruize (obsolete)Verb
(bruis)- Bananas bruise easily.
- I bruise easily.
- Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom.