hair vs coif

hair and coif both are nouns.

hair is not a verb while coif is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hair	Yes	No	No	No
coif	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

hair: a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
coif: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

Other hyponyms of hair include coat, pelage, guard hair, mane, forelock, foretop, beard, body hair, down, pile, head of hair, mane, cowlick, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, lock, facial hair, bush, crotch hair, pubic hair, brow, eyebrow, supercilium, cilium, eyelash, lash.

hair (noun)	coif (noun)
a filamentous projection or process on an organism	a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments	the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
a very small distance or space

hair (verb)	coif (verb)
	arrange attractively
	cover with a coif

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