scar vs smudge

scar

noun
  • A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound. 

  • A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water. 

  • A cliff or rock outcrop. 

  • A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain. 

  • A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience. 

  • Any permanent mark resulting from damage. 

  • A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae). 

verb
  • To mark the skin permanently. 

  • To form a scar. 

  • To affect deeply in a traumatic manner. 

smudge

noun
  • A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one. 

  • Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation. 

  • A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation. 

  • A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. 

verb
  • To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging). 

  • To stifle or smother with smoke. 

  • To soil or smear with dirt. 

  • To obscure by blurring; to smear. 

  • To use dense smoke to protect from insects. 

  • To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation). 

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