Scar vs. Vestige — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scar and Vestige
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Scar
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.
Vestige
A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more
A building that is the area's last vestige of its colonial era.
Scar
A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.
Vestige
(Biology) A rudimentary or degenerate, usually nonfunctioning, structure that is the remnant of an organ or part that was fully developed or functioning in a preceding generation or an earlier stage of development.
Scar
A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical
Nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences.
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Vestige
A mark left on the earth by a foot.
Scar
(Botany) A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.
Vestige
(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
The vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra
Vestiges of former population
Scar
A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact.
Vestige
(biology) A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.
Scar
A protruding isolated rock.
Vestige
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.
What vestiges of liberty or property have they left?
Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth, but never usurped her place.
Scar
A bare rocky place on a mountainside or other steep slope.
Vestige
A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
Scar
To mark with a scar.
Vestige
An indication that something has been present;
There wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
A tincture of condescension
Scar
To leave lasting signs of damage on
A wretched childhood that scarred his psyche.
Scar
To form a scar
The pustule healed and scarred.
Scar
To become scarred
Delicate skin that scars easily.
Scar
A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
Scar
A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
Scar
Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
Scar
A cliff or rock outcrop.
Scar
A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
Scar
A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
Scar
A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
Scar
(transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
Scar
(intransitive) To form a scar.
Scar
To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.
Scar
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.
This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body.
Scar
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.
Scar
An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
O sweet and far, from cliff and scar,The horns of Elfland faintly blowing.
Scar
A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
Scar
To mark with a scar or scars.
Yet I'll not shed her blood;Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
His cheeks were deeply scarred.
Scar
To form a scar.
Scar
A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
Scar
An indication of damage
Scar
Mark with a scar;
The skin disease scarred his face permanently
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