crest vs comb

crest and comb both are nouns.

crest and comb both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crest	Yes	No	Yes	No
comb	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, comb is a hyponym of crest; that is, comb is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crest:

crest: a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
comb: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

Other hyponyms of crest include tuft, topknot, cockscomb, coxcomb.

crest (noun)	comb (noun)
a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal	the act of drawing a comb through hair
(heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet	ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
the center of a cambered road	the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave	a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)	any of several tools for straightening fibers

crest (verb)	comb (verb)
reach a high point	smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
lie at the top of	search thoroughly
	straighten with a comb

Difference between crest and comb

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