Hones vs Razor - What's the difference?
hones | razor |
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
(philosophy) A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
To cut with a razor.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 13, author=Sara Corbett, title=Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?, work=New York Times
, passage=He might be busy examining the advertisements for prostitutes stuck up in a São Paulo phone booth, or maybe getting his ear hairs razored off at a barber shop in Vietnam. }}
As nouns the difference between hones and razor
is that hones is while razor is a keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.As verbs the difference between hones and razor
is that hones is (hone) while razor is to cut with a razor.razor
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(Wikipedia)Alternative forms
* razour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cutthroat razor * disposable razor * Occam's razor * razor blade * razor bump * razor comb * razor clam * razor-sharp * razor strap / razor strop * razor-thin * straight razorVerb
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