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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