hair vs filament

filament vs hair

hair and filament both are nouns.

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

As nouns, filament is a hypernym of hair; that is, filament is a word with a broader meaning than hair:

hair: any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
filament: a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

Other hypernyms of hair include filum.

hair (noun)	filament (noun)
a filamentous projection or process on an organism	a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments	a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
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	the stalk of a stamen
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal	a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
a very small distance or space

Difference between hair and filament

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