Fur vs Bristle - What's the difference?
fur | bristle |
Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
* Lady M. W. Montagu
A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
# A thick pile of fabric.
# The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
# The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
# The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
* 2006 , Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
(vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
(vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
To cover with fur.
A stiff or coarse hair.
The hair or straws that make up a brush, broom, or similar item.
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
* Sir Walter Scott
To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
* Thackeray
* Macaulay
To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
* Shakespeare
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As an adverb fur
is out, outside.As a proper noun bristle is
(slang|humorous) bristol, england (in imitation of the local dialect).fur
English
Noun
(en noun)- wrapped up in my furs
- "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
Derived terms
* fur cap * fur coat * fur farm * furless * furrier * furry * fur sealVerb
Derived terms
* furred ----bristle
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
*Verb
(bristl)- His hair did bristle upon his head.
- the hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets
- ports bristling with thousands of masts
- Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty / Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest.
Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}
- to bristle a thread