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
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Heal as a verb (transitive):
To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
Examples:
"This bandage will heal your cut."
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Heal as a verb (intransitive):
To become better or healthy again.
Examples:
"Bandages allow cuts to heal."
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Heal as a verb:
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
Examples:
"to heal dissensions"
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Heal as a noun (RPG, countable):
A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.
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Heal as a noun (obsolete, uncountable):
health
Examples:
"rfquotek Chaucer"
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Heal as a verb (transitive, obsolete, _, or, _, dialectal):
To hide; conceal; keep secret.
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Heal as a verb (transitive):
To cover, as for protection.
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Leech as a noun:
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially .
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Leech as a noun (figuratively):
A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
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Leech as a noun (medicine, dated):
A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
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Leech as a verb (transitive):
To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
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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."
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Leech as a noun (archaic):
A physician.
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Leech as a noun (paganism, Heathenry):
A healer.
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Leech as a verb (archaic, rare):
To treat, cure or heal.
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Leech as a noun (nautical):
The vertical edge of a square sail.
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Leech as a noun (nautical):
The aft edge of a triangular sail.