What's the difference between henna and tattoo?

Henna


Definition:

  • (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
  • (n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The tuberculostatic activity of the herb henna (Lawsonia inermis Linn.)
  • (2) Flanked by lawns and monuments, this is the site of Delhi’s passeggiata , and at sunset, candy floss and ice-cream sellers, bubble blowers and henna artists set up stall.
  • (3) cardinal (cd), dark red brown (drb), Henna-recessive (Hnr), purple (pr), Punch2 (Pu2), Punch-Grape (PuGr), and scarlet (st).
  • (4) But at school, I spent my time hiding my hennaed hands, not telling people I was eating curry at home, being very shy about being Muslim.” Only when she went to Oxford did she start to wear a headscarf.
  • (5) For the family, the mutilation is sometimes cause for celebration, with the daughter’s hands painted with henna.
  • (6) Hamaha, known as "Red Beard" because of his hennaed hair, added: "And it's only just started."
  • (7) You only need to look around to see why their work is needed so urgently,” said Henna Rai from Upstanding Neighbourhoods.
  • (8) The courtyard will become a mini-farm in the opening weeks and an ice rink over the winter, while upstairs in the classrooms there are courses on Hebrew lettering and henna body-painting, kosher cooking classes and lessons in Krav Maga – the lethal martial art taught to the Israeli Defence Force.
  • (9) And for a few months more it will be at its best - filled with bird lovers, blacksmiths and children with henna-stained fingers playing in the alleys.
  • (10) It is also useful in showing Mrs Organ Morgan's general shop with its jumble of "custard, buckets, henna, rat-traps, shrimp-nets, sugar, stamps, confetti, paraffin, hatchets, whistles" – all neatly assembled from Blake's sources.
  • (11) He arrived in Dadaab on a donkey cart in 1992, at the age of seven, with his mother and father: a thin, wizened man with hennaed hair and light eyes called Idris.
  • (12) Poisoning by a mixture of henna dye and para-phenylenediamine dyes led to the hospitalization of 31 Sudanese children between 1984 and 1989.
  • (13) It is possible that similar cases may be occurring unrecognized where henna is traditionally used.
  • (14) Pteridine analyses in double mutants combining pr with one of three other eye color mutants sepia, Henna-recessive3, and prune2, suggest that the metabolic block in pr occurs prior to sepiapterin biosynthesis.
  • (15) Compared to the wild type, the Punch2 mutant has diminished levels of both pteridines, whereas Henna-recessive3 lacks completely tetrahydropterin and has increased levels of tetrahydrobiopterin, as expected according to their biochemical lesions.
  • (16) Bi Kidude also made and applied wanja , a black cosmetic which, combined with henna, is used to paint elaborate designs on the arms and legs of young women.

Tattoo


Definition:

  • (n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
  • (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.
  • (n.) An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nine years of clinical experience of the application of the Q-switched ruby laser to the removal of tattoos is presented.
  • (2) I think of tattoos as art, but also, every time I look at mine, I relive the emotions I felt when I had them.
  • (3) By using various colors, it is possible to tattoo a nipple-areola complex onto the breast that will have an illusion of projection.
  • (4) Hardy has a 10in tattoo of Lee along his left shin.
  • (5) In 2, 178 tattooed male conscripts in ages of 19-24 years, the most frequent tattoo was a heart mark or a mark of heart and arrow.
  • (6) Of the 781 tattooed men, 62% had tattoos on their forearms, 34.2% had self-injured scars on their bodies, and 18.6% had criminal convictions.
  • (7) Previously a cover-up and reworking of a tattoo beneath, when she was performing across the UK with Girls Aloud in February , you could see the bold work in progress poking above her backless stage costumes.
  • (8) Tattooing provides accurate localization for tumor surgery following radiation therapy.
  • (9) Lisbeth Salander is a violent and emotionally uncommunicative tattooed and much-pierced goth who grew up in care, and has had serious mental health issues.
  • (10) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
  • (11) These findings suggest that the development of B-cell lymphoma in this patient was related to a persistent abnormal immune response to the chronic antigenic stimulus of the dye of the tattoo.
  • (12) Subsequent treatments are given using skin tattoos and laser alignment for target placement within the isocenter of the linear accelerator, and a modified portable halo-ring device is used for skull immobilization.
  • (13) In 2007, Eurostar ran adverts in Belgium for its trains to London depicting a tattooed skinhead urinating into a china teacup.
  • (14) I don't particularly like that area of my arm, and getting the tattoo meant I had to confront that.
  • (15) The fibromas were transmitted by intradermal and subcutaneous inoculation and by rubbing the virus preparation into tattoo sites.
  • (16) The idea of tattooing your flesh with the southern cross was, well, strange.
  • (17) "I have a fond memory of sitting in one of the dressing rooms, talking about Ireland in the 80s, and her showing me as many of her shamrock tattoos as possible.
  • (18) A patient who developed localized, granulomatous reactions in a tattoo is described.
  • (19) Incarcerating a pigment in the depth of the dermis has caused no problems for professionals and aestheticiens performing tattoos.
  • (20) The significance of tattoos has differed at times and in different civilisations (means of communication, social identification mark, religious origin).

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