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Barber vs Barbel - What's the difference?

barber | barbel |

As proper nouns the difference between barber and barbel

is that barber is while barbel is .

barber

English

Noun

(wikipedia barber) (en noun)
  • A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
  • A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.

    • Synonyms

    * hairdresser, hair-dresser * hairstylist, hair-stylist

    Derived terms

    * barber's itch * barber pole / barber's pole * barbershop * barber surgeon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to cut the hair or beard of (a person).
  • (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
  • * 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 29:
    • ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’

    barbel

    English

    (wikipedia barbel)

    Alternative forms

    * barble

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus .
  • *, II.12:
    • The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder.
  • (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
  • A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

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