Scar and Trace

Scar

Scar noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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Trace and scar are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trace" instead the word "Scar" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: scare, scared, scary, scarred, scarification

Trace noun - A mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it.

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Scar and trace are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scar" instead the word "Trace" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: track, traced, tracing, traceable, tracking

physical	physical scar	physical trace
faint	faint scar	faint trace
particular	particular scar	particular trace
single	single scar	single trace
Other adjectives: visible, small, real, large, huge, little, slight, noticeable, thin.

face	scar face	trace face
anyone	scar anyone	trace anyone

Some good detective work and an old surgical scar on the skull confirms the victim to be Arthur Delacroix, a 12-year-old boy who disappeared without a trace in 1980.

Source: Literature / City Of Bones 2002
However this power comes at a price: that she can never scar again, which she only finds out after she spent an entire night in agony getting a tattoo ingrained into her skin, which later disappears without a trace.

Source: Literature / The Obernewtyn Chronicles

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