Comb vs. Brush
Difference Between Comb and Brush
Combnoun
A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
Brushnoun
An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
Combnoun
A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
Brushnoun
The act of brushing something.
She gave her hair a quick brush.Combnoun
A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
Brushnoun
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
Combnoun
A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
Brushnoun
A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
Combnoun
An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
Brushnoun
(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (Wikipedia).
Combnoun
The top part of a gun’s stock.
Brushnoun
A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
He has had brushes with communism from time to time.Combnoun
The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
Brushnoun
The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
Combnoun
(music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
Brushnoun
(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
Combnoun
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
Brushnoun
(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
Combnoun
A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
Brushnoun
(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
Combnoun
The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
Brushnoun
(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
Combnoun
The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
Brushnoun
(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
Combnoun
One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
Brushnoun
The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
Combnoun
The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
Brushnoun
(North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.
Combnoun
A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
Brushverb
(transitive) To clean with a brush.
Brush your teeth.Combnoun
(weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
Brushverb
(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
Brush your hair.Combnoun
A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.
Brushverb
(transitive) To apply with a brush.
Brush the paint onto the walls.Combnoun
(abbreviation) Combination. en
Brushverb
(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
Brush the flour off your clothes.Combverb
To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.
I need to comb my hair before we leave the houseBrushverb
(ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
Her scarf brushed his skin.Combverb
(transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
Brushverb
(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
Combverb
(transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
Police combed the field for evidence after the assaultBrushnoun
a dense growth of bushes
Combverb
To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
Brushnoun
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
Combnoun
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
Brushnoun
momentary contact
Combnoun
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Brushnoun
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
Combnoun
a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl
Brushnoun
a minor short-term fight
Combnoun
any of several tools for straightening fibers
Brushnoun
the act of brushing your teeth;
the dentist recommended two brushes a dayCombnoun
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
Brushnoun
the act of brushing your hair;
he gave his hair a quick brushCombnoun
the act of drawing a comb through hair;
his hair needed a combBrushnoun
contact with something dangerous or undesirable;
I had a brush with danger on my way to workhe tried to avoid any brushes with the policeCombverb
straighten with a comb;
comb your haircomb the woolBrushverb
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;
Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacketCombverb
search thoroughly;
They combed the area for the missing childBrushverb
touch lightly and briefly;
He brushed the wall lightlyCombverb
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb;
comb your hair before dinnercomb the woolBrushverb
clean with a brush;
She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closetBrushverb
sweep across or over;
Her long skirt brushed the floorA gasp swept cross the audienceBrushverb
remove with or as if with a brush;
brush away the crumbsbrush the dust from the jacketbrush aside the objectionsBrushverb
cover by brushing;
brush the bread with melted butter
