Waxing vs. Shaving — What's the Difference?

Waxing is the process of hair removal from the root by using a covering of a sticky substance, such as wax, to adhere to body hair, and then removing this covering and pulling out the hair from the follicle. New hair will not grow back in the previously waxed area for four to six weeks, although some people will start to see regrowth in only a week due to some of their hair being on a different human hair growth cycle.

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.

Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.

A thin slice or sliver, as of wood or metal, that is shaved off.

Beeswax.

The act of one that shaves.

Earwax.

(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

A solid plastic or pliable liquid substance, such as ozocerite or paraffin, originating from petroleum and found in rock layers and used in paper coating, as insulation, in crayons, and often in medicinal preparations.

(uncountable) The action of having a shave.

A preparation containing wax used for polishing floors and other surfaces.

Present participle of shave

A resinous mixture used by shoemakers to rub on thread.

The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.

A cosmetic procedure in which facial or body hair is removed by peeling away a layer of wax that has been allowed to harden.

That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.

Made of wax

The act of removing hair with a razor

To coat, treat, or polish with wax.

A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

To remove (facial or body hair) by covering the skin with a layer of wax that is peeled off after hardening, uprooting the encased hairs.

The act of brushing against while passing

To remove hair from (a portion of the body) by this method.

To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity

To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full.

To grow or become as specified

To speak or write as specified

The action of the verb to wax.

(countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.

(countable) A recording intended for a phonograph.

The application of wax to a surface

A gradual increase in magnitude or extent;

(of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases;