prominence vs swelling

prominence and swelling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prominence	Yes	No	No	No
swelling	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, prominence and swelling are synonyms defined as:

prominence and swelling: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Other synonyms of prominence include bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance.

prominence (noun)	swelling (noun)
relative importance or fame	the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings	something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent	an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement