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hair vs vibrissa

vibrissa vs hair

hair and vibrissa both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hair Yes No No No
vibrissa Yes No No No
As nouns, vibrissa is a hyponym of hair; that is, vibrissa is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hair:
  • hair: a filamentous projection or process on an organism
  • vibrissa: a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
Other hyponyms of hair include bristle, sensory hair, whisker, seta, pilus.
hair (noun) vibrissa (noun)
a filamentous projection or process on an organism a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
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
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