Comb vs. Brush

Combnoun

A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.

Combnoun

A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

Combnoun

A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.

Combnoun

A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.

Combnoun

An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.

Combnoun

The top part of a gun’s stock.

Combnoun

The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.

Combnoun

(music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.

Combnoun

A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.

Combnoun

A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.

Combnoun

The notched scale of a wire micrometer.

Combnoun

The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.

Combnoun

One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.

Combnoun

The curling crest of a wave; a comber.

Combnoun

A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.

Combnoun

(weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.

Combnoun

A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.

Combnoun

(abbreviation) Combination. en

Combverb

To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.

Combverb

(transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

Combverb

(transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

Combverb

To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

Combnoun

An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

Combnoun

An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

Combnoun

A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.

Combnoun

The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.

Combnoun

The curling crest of a wave.

Combnoun

The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.

Combnoun

The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.

Combnoun

That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.

Combnoun

A dry measure. See Coomb.

Combverb

To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.

Combverb

To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

Combnoun

a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

Combnoun

the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

Combnoun

a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl

Combnoun

any of several tools for straightening fibers

Combnoun

ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

Combnoun

the act of drawing a comb through hair;

Combverb

straighten with a comb;

Combverb

search thoroughly;

Combverb

smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb;

Comb

A comb is a tool consisting of a shaft that holds a row of teeth for pulling through the hair to clean, untangle, or style it. Combs have been used since prehistoric times, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5,000 years ago in Persia.

Brushnoun

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

Brushnoun

The act of brushing something.

Brushnoun

A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.

Brushnoun

A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.

Brushnoun

(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (Wikipedia).

Brushnoun

A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.

Brushnoun

The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.

Brushnoun

(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

Brushnoun

(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.

Brushnoun

(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.

Brushnoun

(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.

Brushnoun

(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.

Brushnoun

The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.

Brushnoun

(North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.

Brushverb

(transitive) To clean with a brush.

Brushverb

(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.

Brushverb

(transitive) To apply with a brush.

Brushverb

(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.

Brushverb

(ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.

Brushverb

(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.

Brushnoun

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.

Brushnoun

The bushy tail of a fox.

Brushnoun

A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

Brushnoun

Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.

Brushnoun

A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.

Brushnoun

land covered with brush{5}; in Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.

Brushnoun

A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.

Brushnoun

The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.

Brushnoun

A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy; a brush with the law.

Brushnoun

A short contest, or trial, of speed.

Brushverb

To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.

Brushverb

To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.

Brushverb

To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; - commonly with off.

Brushverb

To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.

Brushnoun

a dense growth of bushes

Brushnoun

an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

Brushnoun

momentary contact

Brushnoun

conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

Brushnoun

a minor short-term fight

Brushnoun

the act of brushing your teeth;

Brushnoun

the act of brushing your hair;

Brushnoun

contact with something dangerous or undesirable;

Brushverb

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;

Brushverb

touch lightly and briefly;

Brushverb

clean with a brush;

Brushverb

sweep across or over;

Brushverb

remove with or as if with a brush;

Brushverb

cover by brushing;

Brushnoun

an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair

Brushnoun

an act of sweeping, applying, or arranging with a brush or with one's hand

Brushnoun

a light and fleeting touch

Brushnoun

a brief encounter with someone or something unpleasant or notable

Brushnoun

the bushy tail of a fox.

Brushnoun

a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound on drums or cymbals.

Brushnoun

a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator.

Brushnoun

girls or women regarded sexually

Brushnoun

undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.

Brushnoun

land covered with undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.

Brushnoun

cut brushwood.

Brushnoun

dense forest.

Brushverb

remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing

Brushverb

use a brush or one's hand to remove dust or dirt from (something)

Brushverb

clean (one's teeth) with a brush.

Brushverb

arrange (one's hair) by running a brush through it

Brushverb

apply a liquid to (a surface) with a brush

Brushverb

touch lightly and gently

Brushverb

push (something) away with a quick movement of the hand

Brush

A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during use.