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Forehead vs Forearm - What's the difference?

forehead | forearm |

As nouns the difference between forehead and forearm

is that forehead is the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline while forearm is the part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.

As a verb forearm is

to arm in preparation.

forehead

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
  • *1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) , Macmillan
  • *:'This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, ‘everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’'
  • *
  • *:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead , whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.

    Synonyms

    * brow

    forearm

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.
  • (firearms) A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.
  • Synonyms

    * (part of the arm) antebrachium * (part of a weapon) forestock, handguard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To arm in preparation.
  • Usage notes

    * This verb is quite rare, except in the participial adjective (forearmed), found in the common adage (forewarned is forearmed).