Pharyngitis and tonsil inflammation difference is mainly in the following aspects: first, the onset of the site is not the same, tonsillitis lesions are mainly in the surface of the tonsils and tonsils inside the substance, clinically more to the tonsils pus, congestion and so on the performance of the main. Pharyngitis, the lesions are mainly in the pharynx and pharyngeal isthmus of the mucosa, mainly limited to the front arch soft palate tongue root and other related parts, generally herpetic pharyngitis and other lesions are more common. Second, the onset of time is not the same, tonsillitis can be acute suppurative tonsillitis, can also be chronic suppurative tonsils, isthmus of pharynx clinically most of the acute, rarely chronic isthmus of pharynx this statement. Third, the symptoms are not the same, tonsillitis can be manifested as pharyngeal pain, pharyngeal foreign body sensation, pharyngeal dryness and so on discomfort, isthmus inflammation is mainly to pharyngeal pain and so on as the main manifestation, but also fever and other systemic manifestations.