The difference between Sore and Ulcer

When used as nouns, sore means an injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin, whereas ulcer means an open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

Sore is also adverb with the meaning: very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

Sore is also verb with the meaning: to mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

Sore is also adjective with the meaning: causing pain or discomfort.

check bellow for the other definitions of Sore and Ulcer

  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"

  1. Ulcer as a noun (pathology):

    An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

  2. Ulcer as a noun (pathology):

    peptic ulcer

  3. Ulcer as a noun (figurative):

    Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

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