hair vs lash

hair and lash both are nouns.

hair is not a verb while lash is a verb.

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

As nouns, lash is a hyponym of hair; that is, lash 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
lash: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

Other hyponyms of hair include coat, pelage, guard hair, mane, forelock, 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.

hair (noun)	lash (noun)
a filamentous projection or process on an organism	a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments	leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
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 short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
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)	lash (verb)
	strike as if by whipping
	beat severely with a whip or rod
	bind with a rope, chain, or cord
	lash or flick about sharply

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