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Comb vs Comp - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between comb and comp

is that comb is to search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb while comp is to provide (a complimentary item, such as a ticket) to (someone).

As nouns the difference between comb and comp

is that comb is a toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place while comp is a competition.

As verbs the difference between comb and comp

is that comb is to groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb while comp is to accompany, in music.

comb

English

(Wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
  • *
  • *:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
  • A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  • A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
  • A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
  • An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
  • *1882 , James Edwin (Thorold Rogers), , Vol.4, p.207:
  • *:But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk.
  • The top part of a gun’s stock.
  • The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
  • (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
  • A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
  • A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
  • The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
  • The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
  • One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
  • The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
  • A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
  • (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
  • Synonyms

    * (skin on head of birds) cockscomb, crest

    Coordinate terms

    * (skin on head of birds) caruncle, snood, wattle

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from "comb") * backcomb * comb-footed spider * comb jelly * combover * currycomb * drop at comb * fine-tooth comb * razor comb * Venus' comb

    Coordinate terms

    * orling

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a .
  • To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  • To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
  • (nautical) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (abbreviation) Combination.
  • Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    comp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A competition.
  • (British) A school
  • A complimentary ticket or item
  • A .
  • A computer, especially a desktop computer
  • Compensation.
  • A , a composition
  • A comptroller.
  • A (comprehensive examination).
  • A compile.
  • A compilation.
  • A comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) To accompany, in music
  • To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
  • To provide (a complimentary item, such as a ticket) to (someone).
  • See also

    * puter * 'puter English short forms