Hair vs. Glib
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 iceHairnoun
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 speechHairnoun
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.
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 questionHairnoun
dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss;
he combed his hairGlibadjective
having only superficial plausibility;
glib promisesa slick commercialHairnoun
a very small distance or space;
they escaped by a hair's-breadththey lost the election by a whiskerGlibadjective
artfully persuasive in speech;
a glib tonguea smooth-tongued hypocriteHairnoun
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant;
peach fuzzHairnoun
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal;
there is a hair in my soupHairnoun
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
Hairnoun
a filamentous projection or process on an organism
