Birthmark vs. Scar — What's the Difference?

A birthmark is a congenital, benign irregularity on the skin which is present at birth or appears shortly after birth—usually in the first month. They can occur anywhere on the skin.

A scar is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs and tissues of the body.

A skin lesion, such as a nevus or angioma, that is present at birth.

A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical

Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.

(Botany) A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.

A blemish on the skin formed before birth

A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact.

A protruding isolated rock.

A bare rocky place on a mountainside or other steep slope.

To mark with a scar.

To leave lasting signs of damage on

To form a scar

To become scarred

A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.

Any permanent mark resulting from damage.

A cliff or rock outcrop.

A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.

A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).

(transitive) To mark the skin permanently.

(intransitive) To form a scar.

To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.

A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.

A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary.

An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.

A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.

To mark with a scar or scars.

To form a scar.

A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue

An indication of damage

Mark with a scar;