Bald vs Brash - What's the difference?
bald | brash | Related terms |
Having no hair, fur or feathers.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
# Having no hair on the head.
Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
Of a statement: empirically unsupported.
(Appalachian) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern .
impetuous or rash
insensitive or tactless
impudent or shameless
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
(geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
Broken fragments of ice.
(US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
Bald is a related term of brash.
As adjectives the difference between bald and brash
is that bald is having no hair, fur or feathers while brash is impetuous or rash or brash can be (us|colloquial|dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables.As nouns the difference between bald and brash
is that bald is (appalachian) a mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the southern while brash is leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.As a verb bald
is to become bald.bald
English
Adjective
(wikipedia bald) (er)- The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.
- a bald man with a moustache
Antonyms
* (having hair)Derived terms
* bald as a coot * bald eagle * bald-faced * baldie * balding * baldly * baldness * baldyNoun
(en noun)See also
* callow * nott * (projectlink) ----brash
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en-adj)- (Grose)
Noun
- (Lyell)
- (Kane)
Derived terms
* water brash * weaning brashEtymology 2
Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.Adjective
(en-adj)- (Bartlett)
