Difference between bruise and scrub
Definitions
verb
- break up into small pieces for food preparation
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
- hurt the feelings of
noun
- an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
Examples
Suffice to say there are a few bruised knees.
The hair hung down, limp and draggled, or matted with dried blood where Hal's club had bruised him.
What's a horse going to tell you about a bruised bone beneath the hoof or an abscess ?
Definitions
verb
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- clean with hard rubbing
- wash thoroughly
noun
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
adjective
- (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
Examples
The principals of the local schools could be counted on for a couple of fresh scrubbed altar boys in charge of polished crucifix, candlesticks and dangerously toxic swinging thuribles.
Before scrubbing, gowning, and gloving, the surgeon usually performs a rectal examination and proctoscopy to suction out any remaining stool in the distal rectum.
Tru hung her gown away safely, then tore off her sweat-soaked uniform before she sloshed water all over her body, scrubbing away her stench with soap.
