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Hair vs. Hare — What's the Difference?

Hair vs. Hare — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hair and Hare

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Hair

Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.

Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified in the same family as rabbits.

Hair

Any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals
Thick black hairs on his huge arms
Coarse outer hairs overlie the thick underfur

Hare

A fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having very long hind legs and typically found in grassland or open woodland.

Hair

Hairs collectively, especially those growing on a person's head
Her shoulder-length fair hair
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Hare

Run with great speed
He hared off between the trees

Hair

A very small quantity or extent
His magic takes him a hair above the competition

Hare

Any of various mammals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to rabbits but having longer ears and legs and giving birth to active, furred young.

Hair

Any of the cylindrical, keratinized, often pigmented filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.

Hare

To move hurriedly, as if hunting a swift quarry.

Hair

A growth of such filaments, as that forming the coat of an animal or covering the scalp of a human.

Hare

Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

Hair

A filamentous projection or bristle similar to a hair, such as a seta of an arthropod or an epidermal process of a plant.

Hare

The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

Hair

Fabric made from the hair of certain animals
A coat of alpaca hair.

Hare

(intransitive) To move swiftly.

Hair

A minute distance or narrow margin
Won by a hair.

Hare

(obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

Hair

A precise or exact degree
Calibrated to a hair.

Hare

(regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
A hare old man

Hair

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

Hare

(regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
A hare day

Hair

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

Hare

To excite; to tease, harass, or worry; to harry.

Hair

A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

Hare

A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.

Hair

A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

Hare

A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.

Hair

(countable) Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.

Hare

Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes

Hair

A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.

Hare

Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

Hair

(obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.

Hare

Run quickly, like a hare;
He hared down the hill

Hair

(countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.

Hair

Complexity; difficulty; the quality of being hairy.

Hair

(transitive) To remove the hair from.

Hair

(intransitive) To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).

Hair

(transitive) To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair

Hair

To string the bow for a violin.

Hair

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

Hair

One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.

Hair

Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

Hair

A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

Hair

An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

Hair

A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

Hair

A haircloth.

Hair

Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Hair

Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss;
He combed his hair

Hair

A very small distance or space;
They escaped by a hair's-breadth
They lost the election by a whisker

Hair

Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant;
Peach fuzz

Hair

Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal;
There is a hair in my soup

Hair

Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

Hair

A filamentous projection or process on an organism

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