The difference between Scalp and Skin

When used as nouns, scalp means the top of the head, whereas skin means the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

When used as verbs, scalp means to remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident, whereas skin means to injure the skin of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Scalp and Skin

  1. Scalp as a noun (now, _, dialectal):

    The top of the head; the skull.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: skull"

  2. Scalp as a noun:

    The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

  3. Scalp as a noun (historical):

    A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.

    Examples:

    "Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle."

  4. Scalp as a noun (heraldry):

    The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.

  5. Scalp as a noun (figuratively):

    A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.

  6. Scalp as a noun (Scotland):

    A bed or stratum of shellfish.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: scaup"

  7. Scalp as a noun (figurative):

    The top; the summit.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: summit"

    "rfquotek Macaulay"

  1. Scalp as a verb:

    To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

  2. Scalp as a verb (North America, slang):

    To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: resell"

    "Tickets were being scalped for $300."

  3. Scalp as a verb:

    To screen or sieve ore before further processing

    Examples:

    "synonyms: sieve"

    "'scalped ore"

  4. Scalp as a verb (surgery):

    To remove the skin of.

  5. Scalp as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the grass from.

  6. Scalp as a verb (transitive):

    To destroy the political influence of.

  7. Scalp as a verb (milling):

    To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  1. Skin as a noun (uncountable):

    The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

    Examples:

    "He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl."

  2. Skin as a noun (uncountable):

    The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.

  3. Skin as a noun (countable):

    The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.

  4. Skin as a noun (countable):

    A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

    Examples:

    "In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it."

  5. Skin as a noun (countable, computing, graphical user interface):

    A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.

    Examples:

    "You can use this skin to change how the browser looks."

  6. Skin as a noun (countable, slang):

    Rolling paper for cigarettes.

    Examples:

    "Pass me a skin, mate."

  7. Skin as a noun (countable, slang):

  8. Skin as a noun (Australia):

    A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.

  9. Skin as a noun (countable, video games):

    An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.

  10. Skin as a noun (slang):

    Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.

    Examples:

    "Let me see a bit of skin."

  11. Skin as a noun:

    A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.

  12. Skin as a noun (nautical):

    That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  13. Skin as a noun (nautical):

    The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.

  14. Skin as a noun:

    A drink of whisky served hot.

  1. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To injure the skin of.

    Examples:

    "He fell off his [[bike]] and skinned his knee on the concrete."

  2. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.

  3. Skin as a verb (colloquial):

    To high five.

  4. Skin as a verb (transitive, computing, colloquial):

    To apply a skin to (a computer program).

    Examples:

    "Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?"

  5. Skin as a verb (UK, soccer, transitive):

    To use tricks to go past a defender.

  6. Skin as a verb (intransitive):

    To become covered with skin.

    Examples:

    "A wound eventually skins over."

  7. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

  8. Skin as a verb (US, slang, archaic):

    To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

  9. Skin as a verb (slang, dated):

    To strip of money or property; to cheat.

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