hair vs forelock

forelock vs hair

hair and forelock both are nouns.

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

As nouns, forelock is a hyponym of hair; that is, forelock 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
forelock: a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears

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

hair (noun)	forelock (noun)
a filamentous projection or process on an organism	a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments	a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
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

Difference between hair and forelock

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