Bruise and Patch

Bruise

Bruise noun - A bodily injury in which small blood vessels are broken but the overlying skin is not.

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Patch and bruise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patch" instead a noun "Bruise".

Nearby Words: bruised, bruiser, bruising

Patch noun - A small area that is different (as in color) from the main part.

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Bruise and patch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bruise" instead a noun "Patch".

Nearby Words: patchwork, patched, patching

single	single bruise	single patch
small	small bruise	small patch
massive	massive bruise	massive patch
large	large bruise	large patch
Other adjectives: big, huge, bad, black, dark, giant.

bruise skin

patch skin

When they crawl into a human body, though — through a wound, the mouth, or the ear — they merge with it, becoming a patch of mobile, bruise-colored flesh.

Source: The Corruption
In Ikki and Ringo's fight with Sora and Rika, Ringo takes a nasty attack that grazes the side of her face, giving her a visible bruise over her right eye, which she later covers with a makeshift eye-patch.

Source: Manga / Air Gear

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Patch and Bruise. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bruise/patch

Bruise & Patch. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bruise/patch>.

Patch or Bruise. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bruise/patch.

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