Hives vs. Rash

Hivesnoun

Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

Rashadjective

Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.

‘rash words spoken in the heat of debate’;

Hivesnoun

The croup.

Rashadjective

So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

Hivesnoun

an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs

Rashadjective

(obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

Hives

Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red, raised, itchy bumps. They may also burn or sting.

Rashadjective

(obsolete) Fast-acting.

Rashnoun

(symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.

Rashnoun

A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend

‘There has been a rash of vandalism lately.’;

Rashnoun

An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

Rashverb

(obsolete) To prepare with haste.

Rashverb

(obsolete) To pull off or pluck violently.

Rashverb

(obsolete) To slash; to hack; to slice.

Rashverb

To pull off or pluck violently.

Rashverb

To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.

‘Rashing off helms and riving plates asunder.’;

Rashverb

To prepare with haste.

Rashnoun

A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

Rashnoun

An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

Rashadjective

Sudden in action; quick; hasty.

Rashadjective

Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

‘I scarce have leisure to salute you,My matter is so rash.’;

Rashadjective

Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

Rashadjective

Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

Rashadjective

So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

‘Was never known a more adventurous knight.’; ‘Her rash hand in evil hourForth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.’; ‘If any yet be so foolhardyTo expose themselves to vain jeopardy;If they come wounded off, and lame,No honor's got by such a maim.’;

Rashnoun

any red eruption of the skin

Rashnoun

a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences;

‘a rash of bank robberies’; ‘a blizzard of lawsuits’;

Rashadjective

imprudently incurring risk;

‘do something rash that he will forever repent’;

Rashadjective

marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences;

‘foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker’; ‘became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans’; ‘a reckless driver’; ‘a rash attempt to climb the World Trade Center’;

Rash

A rash is a change of the human skin which affects its color, appearance, or texture. A rash may be localized in one part of the body, or affect all the skin.