Braised vs Bruised - What's the difference?
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(braise)
A method of joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal. Similar to but distinct from welding in that the filler is melted but not the metal being joined.
(brazing)
(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan. Somewhere between steaming and boiling.
(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 braised and bruised
is that braised is (braise) while bruised is (bruise).braised
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*braise
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alain Rey, ed., Dictionnaire historique de la langue française , s.v. "braise" (Paris: Le Robert, 2006).Noun
(en noun)Verb
(brais) (wikipedia braise)Etymology 2
Synonyms
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* ----bruised
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Verb
(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.