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Brow vs Prow - What's the difference?

brow | prow |

In nautical terms the difference between brow and prow

is that brow is the hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp while prow is the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.

As nouns the difference between brow and prow

is that brow is the ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow (Wikipedia) while prow is the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.

As a verb brow

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

As an adjective prow is

brave, valiant, gallant.

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 .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Banks’ 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.

    prow

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia prow) From (etyl) (m), from Genoese Italian (m), (m), from (etyl) prora, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
  • * Milton
    • The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
    • We were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we didn't get outside the fresh-water current.
    Synonyms
    * prore

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) prou, from prode; more at (proud).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (archaic) Brave, valiant, gallant. Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary – prow [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prow%5B1%5D]
  • *
    • For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay
    Related terms
    * prowess

    References

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)