Bulb vs Bald - What's the difference?
bulb | bald |
Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
A light bulb.
The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
* 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
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(nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
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 .
In lang=en terms the difference between bulb and bald
is that bulb is to take the shape of a bulb; to swell while bald is to become bald.As nouns the difference between bulb and bald
is that bulb is any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end while 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.As verbs the difference between bulb and bald
is that bulb is to take the shape of a bulb; to swell while bald is to become bald.As an adjective bald is
having no hair, fur or feathers.bulb
English
Noun
(en noun)- the bulb of the aorta
- the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs .
Derived terms
* lampbulb * light bulb * flash bulb * tulip bulbAnagrams
*bald
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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
