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Cilium vs Eyebrow - What's the difference?

cilium | eyebrow |

As nouns the difference between cilium and eyebrow

is that cilium is a hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors while eyebrow is the hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

As a proper noun Eyebrow is

a village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

cilium

English

Noun

(cilia)
  • (cytology) A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.

    • See also

    * flagellum ----

    eyebrow

    English

    (wikipedia eyebrow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
  • (construction) A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.

    • See also

    * brow * eyelash * eyelid * supercilium * unibrow