Bristle vs. Chafe — What's the Difference?

A bristle is a stiff hair or feather (natural or artificial), either on an animal, such as a pig, a plant, or on a tool such as a brush or broom.

To wear away or irritate by rubbing or friction

A stiff hair.

To annoy; vex

A stiff hairlike structure

To warm by rubbing, as with the hands

To stand stiffly on end like bristles

To cause irritation by rubbing or friction

To raise the bristles

To become worn or sore from rubbing or friction

To react in an angry or offended manner

To feel irritated or impatient

To be covered or thick with or as if with bristles

Warmth, wear, or soreness produced by friction.

To cause to stand erect like bristles; stiffen.

Annoyance; vexation.

To furnish or supply with bristles.

Heat excited by friction.

To make bristly; ruffle.

Injury or wear caused by friction.

A stiff or coarse hair, usually and especially on a nonhuman mammal.

Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals.

(archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.

The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.

(transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

(transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

To abound, to have an abundance of something, especially something jutting out.

(transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.

(with at) To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

To fix a bristle to.

(intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.

A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

(intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; - sometimes with up.

To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.

To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.

To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

To show defiance or indignation.

To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

Heat excited by friction.

A stiff hair

Injury or wear caused by friction.

Be in a state of movement or action;

Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

Rise up as in fear;

Soreness and warmth caused by friction;

Anger produced by some annoying irritation

Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

Feel extreme irritation or anger;

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading;

Cause friction;

Warm by rubbing, as with the hands