The difference between Lesion and Sore

When used as nouns, lesion means a wound or injury, whereas sore means an injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

When used as verbs, lesion means to wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure, 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 Lesion and Sore

  1. Lesion as a noun (pathology):

    A wound or injury.

  2. Lesion as a noun (medicine):

    An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such patch of skin.

  3. Lesion as a noun (biochemistry):

    Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.

  1. Lesion as a verb (transitive):

    To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

  1. Sore as an adjective:

    Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

    Examples:

    "Her feet were sore from walking so far."

  2. Sore as an adjective:

    Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.

  3. Sore as an adjective:

    Dire; distressing.

    Examples:

    "The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood."

  4. Sore as an adjective (informal):

    Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.

    Examples:

    "Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers."

  5. Sore as an adjective (obsolete):

    Criminal; wrong; evil.

  1. Sore as an adverb (archaic):

    Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

    Examples:

    "They were sore afraid.  The knight was sore wounded."

  2. Sore as an adverb:

    Sorely.

  1. Sore as a noun:

    An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

    Examples:

    "They put ointment and a bandage on the sore."

  2. Sore as a noun:

    Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

  1. Sore as a verb (transitive):

    To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

  1. Sore as a noun:

    A group of ducks on land.

  1. Sore as a noun:

    A young hawk or falcon in its first year.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Edmund Spenser"

  2. Sore as a noun:

    A young buck in its fourth year.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

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