hair vs pubic hair

pubic hair vs hair

hair and pubic hair both are nouns.

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

As nouns, pubic hair is a hyponym of hair; that is, pubic hair 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
pubic hair: hair growing in the pubic area

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, brow, eyebrow, supercilium, cilium, eyelash, lash.

hair (noun)	pubic hair (noun)
a filamentous projection or process on an organism	hair growing in the pubic area
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

Difference between hair and pubic hair

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