blemish vs wart

wart vs blemish

blemish and wart both are nouns.

blemish is a verb but wart is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blemish	Yes	No	Yes	No
wart	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wart is a hyponym of blemish; that is, wart is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than blemish:

blemish: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
wart: (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

Other hyponyms of blemish include birthmark, nevus, chatter mark, check, chip, crack, dent, ding, gouge, nick, mole, mark, scar, scrape, scratch, burn, burn mark, blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, stigma, verruca, milium, whitehead, blackhead, comedo.

blemish (noun)	wart (noun)
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)	(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
	any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
	an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)

blemish (verb)	wart (verb)
add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
mar or impair with a flaw
mar or spoil the appearance of

Difference between blemish and wart

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