lash vs hair

lash and hair both are nouns.

lash is a verb but hair is not a verb.

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

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

lash: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
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 (noun)	hair (noun)
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object	a filamentous projection or process on an organism
leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip	cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids	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

lash (verb)	hair (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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