Bleeding vs. Haemorrhage — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Bleeding and Haemorrhage

Definitions

Bleeding➦

Bleeding, also known as a hemorrhage, haemorrhage, or simply blood loss, is blood escaping from the circulatory system from damaged blood vessels. Bleeding can occur internally, or externally either through a natural opening such as the mouth, nose, ear, urethra, vagina or anus, or through a wound in the skin.

Haemorrhage➦

An escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

A massive haemorrhage of the brain

Bleeding➦

Used as an intensive.

Haemorrhage➦

(of a person) suffer a haemorrhage

He had begun haemorrhaging in the night

Bleeding➦

Present participle of bleed

Haemorrhage➦

Standard spelling of hemorrhage

We got news that he died of a haemorrhage!

Bleeding➦

Losing blood

Haemorrhage➦

Standard spelling of hemorrhage

It’s haemorrhaging now!

The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.

Bleeding➦

Extreme, outright; see also bloody (sense 3).

Haemorrhage➦

Flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels

Bleeding➦

Used as an intensifier: Extremely.

His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.

It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.

Bleeding➦

The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.

Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time.

Bleeding➦

Bloodletting.

Bleeding➦

Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.

Bleeding➦

A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.