Difference between Hair and Haircloth

What is the difference between Hair and Haircloth?

Hair as a noun is a pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head, or the collection of them. while Haircloth as a noun is cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse.

Hair

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head, or the collection of them. The collection or mass of filaments 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. 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. 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). A haircloth. - Geoffrey Chaucer Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Example sentence: Sadly, I'm not a natural redhead. But, I prefer my red hair to my blonde hair.

Haircloth

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse.

We hope you now know whether to use Hair or Haircloth in your sentence.

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