Shaving vs. Thorn — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shaving and Thorn
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Shaving
Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement, to slice it down—to the level of the skin or otherwise. Shaving is most commonly practiced by men to remove their facial hair and by women to remove their leg and underarm hair.
Thorn
A modified branch in the form of a sharp woody structure.
Shaving
A thin slice or sliver, as of wood or metal, that is shaved off.
Thorn
Any of various other sharp protuberances, such as a spine.
Shaving
The act of one that shaves.
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Thorn
Any of various shrubs, trees, or woody plants bearing such sharp structures.
Shaving
(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
Thorn
Any of various sharp protuberances on an animal.
Shaving
(uncountable) The action of having a shave.
Thorn
One that causes sharp pain, irritation, or discomfort
He is a thorn in my side.
Shaving
Present participle of shave
Thorn
The runic letter þ, used in Old English, Middle English, and Old Norse manuscripts to represent both the voiceless sound (th) of Modern English thin and the voiced sound (th) of Modern English this, and in modern Icelandic orthography to represent the voiceless sound (th).
Shaving
The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.
Thorn
(botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
Shaving
That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.
Thorn
Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
The white thorn
The cockspur thorn
Shaving
The act of removing hair with a razor
Thorn
(figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
Shaving
A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Thorn
A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
Shaving
The act of brushing against while passing
Thorn
To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).
Thorn
A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
Thorn
Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
Thorn
Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.
The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares,Be only mine.
Thorn
The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter , capital form . It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
Thorn
To prick, as with a thorn.
I am the only rose of all the stockThat never thorn'd him.
Thorn
Something that causes irritation and annoyance;
He's a thorn in my flesh
Thorn
A sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
Thorn
A Germanic character of runic origin
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