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"Balm" are harder and thicker (lip balm, deodorant sticks)
"Ointment" are softer and more loose because they contain more oil. It's like lotion, but more oily
I think "salve" is the same as balms except it is in a container that you can dip into (rather than in a tube like lip balm or deodorant)
I've never heard of "unguent" but I think it's the same as "salve"
noun
1. a fragrant ointment or preparation used to heal or soothe the skin.
香油, 香膏（こうこう）; バルサム(balsam); 鎮痛剤, バルム剤
something that has a comforting, soothing, or restorative effect:
｟文｠ ; 〖時にa ～〗 【心の】慰め, 安らぎ «for, to»
e.g. the murmur of the water can provide balm for troubled spirits.
2. a tree which yields a fragrant resinous substance, especially one used in medicine.
〘植〙 セイヨウヤマハッカ(lemon balm)
Species in several families, in particular those of the genus Commiphora (family Burseraceae).
the resinous substance yielded by a balm.
3. (also lemon balm or sweet balm) a bushy herb of the mint family, with leaves smelling and tasting of lemon.
Melissa officinalis, family Labiatae.
used in names of other aromatic herbs of the mint family, e.g. bee balm.
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘preparation for embalming, fragrant resinous substance’): from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum (see balsam).