different between swelling vs dilation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sw?l.??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

swelling (countable and uncountable, plural swellings)

1. The state of being swollen.
2. Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
3. (figuratively) A rising, as of passion or anger.

Translations

Verb

swelling

1. present participle of swell

See also

• edema

Anagrams

• Wellings, wellings

Middle English

Noun

swelling

1. Alternative form of swellynge

English

Etymology

From dilate +? -ion, late 16th c.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /da??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

dilation (countable and uncountable, plural dilations)

1. The act of dilating.
2. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.

   Synonyms: expansion, dilatation

3. (obsolete) Delay.

   Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay

   • The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart of the king for so important a request

4. (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ?) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.

Translations

Anagrams

• dial into, dilatino, laid into

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?l?ti?.

Noun

dilation f (oblique plural dilations, nominative singular dilation, nominative plural dilations)

1. dissemination; spreading (of rumors, stories, etc.)