As nouns the difference between glasses and moustache
is that glasses is plural of lang=en while moustache is a growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
glasses
Noun
(head)
(pluralonly) spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes
Usage notes
* A sight-improving lens for a single eye is a monocle.
* Though confusion is unlikely, clarity as to quantity is improved by using the expressions "a pair of glasses" (or "a pair of eyeglasses") or "(however many) pairs of eyeglasses".
Synonyms
* (spectacles) eyeglasses (US), specs, bioptikon
Derived terms
* John Lennon glasses
* sunglasses
See also
* bifocals
* contact lens
* monocle
* pince-nez
* shades
* varifocals
moustache
English
Alternative forms
* moustaches
* mustache, mustaches
Noun
(
en noun)
A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
*
*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache .
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Usage notes
The plural forms moustaches'' and ''mustaches were formerly popular equivalent terms for the facial hair on the lip of one man, but these uses are now archaic with the singular now preferred.
Derived terms
* Fu Manchu moustache
* handlebar moustache
* molestache
* philtrum moustache
* stache, 'stache
* tache, 'tache
* toothbrush moustache
See also
* beard
* sideburn, sideboard
* whisker
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