Hair vs. Glib

Hair vs. Glib — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hair and Glib

Hairnoun

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

Glibadjective

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

Hairnoun

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

Glibadjective

(dated) Smooth or slippery.

a sheet of glib ice

Hairnoun

A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

Glibadjective

Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.

a glib tongue; a glib speech
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Hairnoun

A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

Glibverb

(transitive) To make glib.

Hairnoun

A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.

Glibverb

(obsolete) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

Hairnoun

(obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.

Glibnoun

(historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly used in Ireland.

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Hairnoun

(countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.

Glibadjective

marked by lack of intellectual depth;

glib generalizationsa glib response to a complex question

Hairnoun

dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss;

he combed his hair

Glibadjective

having only superficial plausibility;

glib promisesa slick commercial

Hairnoun

a very small distance or space;

they escaped by a hair's-breadththey lost the election by a whisker

Glibadjective

artfully persuasive in speech;

a glib tonguea smooth-tongued hypocrite

Hairnoun

filamentous hairlike growth on a plant;

peach fuzz

Hairnoun

any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal;

there is a hair in my soup

Hairnoun

cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

Hairnoun

a filamentous projection or process on an organism