Cauterize\iron

[Devil's tear]

What is the difference between:
To cauterize and to iron?​

 

[susiedqq]

Context, please!!

Cauterize means to burn away; iron (verb or noun?)

 

[Devil's tear]

Context, please!!

Cauterize means to burn away; iron (verb or noun?)

Hi. I mean verb. I wrote ''to'' before iron!!​

I have to iron my clothes.
I have to Cauterize my clothes.
Can I say: He cauterizes my heart? I guess I can't use iron in such sentences.
Thanks in advance.​

 

[Barb_D]

You would never say you have to cauterize your clothes. You usually talk about cauterizing things so they don't bleed. If you said you had to cauterize your heart, I would think you were speaking metaphorically about making sure your heart could not be hurt again.