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Brow vs Ophryon - What's the difference?

brow | ophryon |

As nouns the difference between brow and ophryon

is that brow is the ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow () while ophryon is (anatomy) the point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella.

As a verb brow

is to bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

brow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().
  • * Churchill
  • And his arched brow , pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.
  • The first tine of an antler's beam.
  • The forehead ().
  • * Shakespeare
  • Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow .
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  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Banksā€™ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow .}}
  • The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
  • the brow of a precipice
  • (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
  • (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
  • An eyebrow.
  • * Shakespeare
  • 'Tis not your inky brows , your black silk hair.

    Derived terms

    * beetle-browed * eyebrow

    Synonyms

    * forehead

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
  • * Milton
  • Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.

    ophryon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella.
  • References

    *The American HeritageĀ® Stedman's Medical Dictionary * Gray's Anatomy