comb-out vs comb

comb-out and comb both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
comb-out	Yes	No	No	No
comb	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, comb is a hypernym of comb-out; that is, comb is a word with a broader meaning than comb-out:

Other hypernyms of comb-out include combing.

comb-out (noun)	comb (noun)
the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb	the act of drawing a comb through hair
the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people	ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
	the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
	a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
	any of several tools for straightening fibers

comb-out (verb)	comb (verb)
	smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
	search thoroughly
	straighten with a comb