The difference between Boo-boo and Bruise

When used as nouns, boo-boo means a mistake or error, whereas bruise means a purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

When used as verbs, boo-boo means to defecate, whereas bruise means to strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.

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  1. Boo-boo as a noun (countable, colloquial, often, childish):

    A mistake or error.

  2. Boo-boo as a noun (countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.

  3. Boo-boo as a noun (uncountable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    Feces.

  1. Boo-boo as a verb (colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    To defecate.

  1. Bruise as a verb (transitive):

    To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.

  2. Bruise as a verb (transitive):

    To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.

  3. Bruise as a verb (intransitive):

    Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

    Examples:

    "Bananas bruise easily."

  4. Bruise as a verb (intransitive):

    To become bruised.

    Examples:

    "I bruise easily."

  5. Bruise as a verb (intransitive):

    To fight with the fists; to box.

  1. Bruise as a noun (medicine):

    A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

  2. Bruise as a noun:

    A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.

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