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Blackhead vs. Pimple — What's the Difference?

Blackhead vs. Pimple — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Blackhead and Pimple

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Blackhead

A skin lesion consisting of a hair follicle that is occluded with sebum and keratin, appearing black at the surface.

Pimple

A pimple is a kind of comedo that results from excess sebum and dead skin cells getting trapped in the pores of the skin. In its aggravated state, it may evolve into a pustule or papules.

Blackhead

An infectious disease of turkeys and some wildfowl that is caused by a protozoan (Histomonas meleagridis) and results in lesions of the intestine and liver. Also called enterohepatitis, histomoniasis, infectious enterohepatitis.

Pimple

A small swelling of the skin, usually caused by acne; a papule or pustule.

Blackhead

Any of various birds, such as the scaup, with dark head markings.
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Pimple

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

Blackhead

A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.

Pimple

(slang) An annoying person.

Blackhead

(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.

Pimple

(Cockney rhyming slang) Scotch whisky
Pimple and blotch

Blackhead

(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.

Pimple

To develop pimples

Blackhead

The scaup duck.

Pimple

Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not.

Blackhead

A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

Pimple

Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.

Pimple

A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

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