Eyebrow vs. Eyelash — What's the Difference?

An eyebrow is an area of short hairs above each eye that follows the shape of the lower margin of the brow ridges of some mammals. In humans, eyebrows serve two main functions: first, communication through facial expression, and second, prevention of sweat, water, and other debris from falling down into the eye socket.

An eyelash (also called lash)(Latin: Cilia) is one of the hairs that grows at the edge of the eyelid. It grows in one layer on the edge of the eyelids.

The bony ridge extending over the eye.

Any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid.

The arch of short hairs covering this ridge.

A row of the hairs fringing the eyelid.

A small, arched dormer that projects only slightly from the roof.

One of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids

The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; - usually in the pl.

(construction) A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.

A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.

A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

(intransitive) To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.

(transitive) To signal with one's eyebrows.

The brow or hairy arch above the eye.

The arch of hair above each eye