brush vs touching

touching vs brush

brush and touching both are nouns.

brush is not an adjective while touching is an adjective.

brush is a verb but touching is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brush	Yes	No	Yes	No
touching	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, touching is a hypernym of brush; that is, touching is a word with a broader meaning than brush:

brush: momentary contact
touching: the event of something coming in contact with the body

Other hypernyms of brush include touch.

brush (noun)	touching (noun)
a minor short-term fight	the act of putting two things together with no space between them
the act of brushing your hair	the event of something coming in contact with the body
the act of brushing your teeth
contact with something dangerous or undesirable
a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
momentary contact
a dense growth of bushes

brush (adjective)	touching (adjective)
	arousing affect

brush (verb)	touching (verb)
remove with or as if with a brush
touch lightly and briefly
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
clean with a brush
cover by brushing
sweep across or over

Difference between brush and touching

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