wart vs swelling

swelling vs wart

wart and swelling both are nouns.

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

As nouns, swelling is a hypernym of wart; that is, swelling is a word with a broader meaning than wart:

wart: any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
swelling: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

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

wart (noun)	swelling (noun)
(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus	the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)	something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)	an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

Difference between wart and swelling

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