The difference between Blister and Sore
When used as nouns, blister means a small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection, whereas sore means an injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
When used as verbs, blister means to raise blisters on, whereas sore means to mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
Sore is also adverb with the meaning: very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
Sore is also adjective with the meaning: causing pain or discomfort.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blister and Sore
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Blister as a noun:
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection.
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Blister as a noun:
A swelling on a plant.
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Blister as a noun (medicine):
Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dunglison"
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Blister as a noun:
A bubble, as on a painted surface.
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Blister as a noun (roofing):
An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
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Blister as a noun:
A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
Examples:
"blister card"
"blister pack"
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Blister as a verb (transitive):
To raise blisters on.
Examples:
"a chemical agent that blisters the skin"
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Blister as a verb (intransitive):
To have a blister form.
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Blister as a verb (transitive):
To criticise severely.
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Blister as a verb (intransitive):
To break out in blisters.
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Sore as an adjective:
Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
Examples:
"Her feet were sore from walking so far."
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Sore as an adjective:
Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
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Sore as an adjective:
Dire; distressing.
Examples:
"The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood."
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Sore as an adjective (informal):
Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
Examples:
"Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers."
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Sore as an adjective (obsolete):
Criminal; wrong; evil.
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Sore as an adverb (archaic):
Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
Examples:
"They were sore afraid.  The knight was sore wounded."
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Sore as an adverb:
Sorely.
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Sore as a noun:
An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
Examples:
"They put ointment and a bandage on the sore."
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Sore as a noun:
Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
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Sore as a verb (transitive):
To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
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Sore as a noun:
A group of ducks on land.
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Sore as a noun:
A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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Sore as a noun:
A young buck in its fourth year.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"