Comb vs. Hairbrush

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.

Hairbrushnoun

A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

Hairbrushnoun

A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

Hairbrushnoun

a brush used to groom a person's hair

Hairbrush

A hairbrush is a handle brush with rigid or soft spokes used in hair care for smoothing, styling, and detangling human hair, or for grooming an animal's fur. It can also be used for styling in combination with a curling iron or hair dryer.