hair vs coiffure

coiffure vs hair

hair and coiffure both are nouns.

hair is not a verb while coiffure is a verb.

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

As nouns, coiffure is a hyponym of hair; that is, coiffure 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
coiffure: 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, coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, lock, facial hair, bush, crotch hair, pubic hair, brow, eyebrow, supercilium, cilium, eyelash, lash.

hair (noun)	coiffure (noun)
a filamentous projection or process on an organism	the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
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)	coiffure (verb)
	arrange attractively

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