The difference between Heal and Leech

When used as nouns, heal means a spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment, whereas leech means an aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class hirudinea, especially .

When used as verbs, heal means to make better from a disease, wound, etc, whereas leech means to apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.


check bellow for the other definitions of Heal and Leech

  1. Heal as a verb (transitive):

    To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

    Examples:

    "This bandage will heal your cut."

  2. Heal as a verb (intransitive):

    To become better or healthy again.

    Examples:

    "Bandages allow cuts to heal."

  3. Heal as a verb:

    To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.

    Examples:

    "to heal dissensions"

  1. Heal as a noun (RPG, countable):

    A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.

  2. Heal as a noun (obsolete, uncountable):

    health

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Chaucer"

  1. Heal as a verb (transitive, obsolete, _, or, _, dialectal):

    To hide; conceal; keep secret.

  2. Heal as a verb (transitive):

    To cover, as for protection.

  1. Leech as a noun:

    An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially .

  2. Leech as a noun (figuratively):

    A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.

  3. Leech as a noun (medicine, dated):

    A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

  1. Leech as a verb (transitive):

    To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.

  2. Leech as a verb (transitive):

    To drain (resources) without giving back.

    Examples:

    " Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return."

  1. Leech as a noun (archaic):

    A physician.

  2. Leech as a noun (paganism, Heathenry):

    A healer.

  1. Leech as a verb (archaic, rare):

    To treat, cure or heal.

  1. Leech as a noun (nautical):

    The vertical edge of a square sail.

  2. Leech as a noun (nautical):

    The aft edge of a triangular sail.