Hair vs. Trichophilia — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hair and Trichophilia
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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.
Trichophilia
(sexology) A paraphilia in which one is sexually aroused by, or extremely fond of, human hair.
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
Trichophilia
(sexology) Any hair-related fetish. en
Hair
Hairs collectively, especially those growing on a person's head
Her shoulder-length fair hair
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Hair
A very small quantity or extent
His magic takes him a hair above the competition
Hair
Any of the cylindrical, keratinized, often pigmented filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
Hair
A growth of such filaments, as that forming the coat of an animal or covering the scalp of a human.
Hair
A filamentous projection or bristle similar to a hair, such as a seta of an arthropod or an epidermal process of a plant.
Hair
Fabric made from the hair of certain animals
A coat of alpaca hair.
Hair
A minute distance or narrow margin
Won by a hair.
Hair
A precise or exact degree
Calibrated to a hair.
Hair
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
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.
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
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).
Hair
(countable) Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
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.
Hair
(obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
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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