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Oxide vs Brow - What's the difference?

oxide | brow |

As nouns the difference between oxide and brow

is that oxide is while brow is the ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().

As a verb brow is

to bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

oxide

English

(wikipedia oxide)

Alternative forms

* (all rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

    • Derived terms

    * alkylene oxide * aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide * aluminium oxide hydroxide, aluminum oxide hydroxide * antimonic oxide * antimonioso-antimonic oxide * antimonious oxide * antimonous oxide * antimony oxide * argentous oxide * arsenious oxide * auric oxide * aurous oxide * barium copper oxide * barium oxide * beryllium aluminium oxide, beryllium aluminum oxide * beryllium oxide * bismuth oxide * bismuthic oxide * bismuthous oxide * bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide * boric oxide * boron oxide * cacodyl oxide * cadmium oxide * calcium oxide * californium oxide * carbon oxide * carbonic oxide * ceramic oxide * ceric oxide * cerium oxide * cerous oxide * chloric oxide * chlorine oxide * chlorous oxide * chromic oxide * chromium oxide * chromous oxide * cobalt oxide * cobaltous oxide * copper oxide * cubic zirconium oxide * cupric oxide * cuprous oxide * curium oxide * deuterium oxide * dihydrogen oxide * dimethylene oxide * dinitrogen oxide * dioxide * dysprosium oxide * ethylene oxide * epoxide * erbium oxide * ethylene oxide * europium oxide * ferric oxide * ferroso-ferric oxide * ferrous oxide * fluorine oxide * heptaoxide, heptoxide * hexoxide * holmium oxide * hydric oxide * hydrogen oxide * hydroxide * hypochlorous oxide * indium oxide * indium tin oxide * iridic oxide * iridious oxide * iridium oxide * iron oxide * isopropoxide * lanthanum oxide * lead oxide * lithium oxide * lutetium oxide * magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide * magnesium oxide * manganese oxide * mercuric oxide * mercurous oxide * mercury oxide * methylene oxide * mixed oxide * molybdenum oxide * monoxide * niobic oxide * niobous oxide * nitric oxide * nitrogen oxide * nitrous oxide * octoxide * osmic oxide * oxic * oxidimetry * oxidise, oxidize * palladic oxide * palladious oxide * pentoxide * peroxide * platinic oxide * platinous oxide * plumbic oxide * polyethylene oxide * potassium oxide * propylene oxide * protoxide * radium oxide * red iron oxide * rhodic oxide * rhodous oxide * rubidium oxide * ruthenium oxide * samarium oxide * scandium oxide * selenium oxide * sesquioxide * silicon oxide * silver oxide * sodium oxide * stannic oxide * stannous oxide * strontium oxide * suboxide * sulfuric oxide, sulphuric oxide * sulfurous oxide, sulphurous oxide * sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide * superoxide * tantalic oxide * tantalous oxide * tantalum oxide * telluric oxide * tellurous oxide * terbium oxide * tetroxide * thallic oxide * thallious oxide * thallium oxide * thorium oxide * thulium oxide * tin oxide * titanic oxide * titanium oxide * titanous oxide * tributyltin oxide * trioxide * tungsten oxide * tungstic oxide * tungstous oxide * uranic oxide * uranium oxide * uranoso-uranic oxide * uranous oxide * uranyl oxide * vanadic oxide * vanadous oxide * ytterbium oxide * yttrium barium copper oxide * yttrium oxide * zinc oxide * zincic oxide * zirconic oxide * zirconium oxide

    Related terms

    (Related terms) * oxidable * oxidant * oxidase * oxidate * oxidoreductase

    References

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    brow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().
  • * Churchill
    • And his arched brow , pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.
  • The first tine of an antler's beam.
  • The forehead ().
  • * Shakespeare
    • Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow .}}
  • The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
    • the brow of a precipice
  • (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
  • (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
  • An eyebrow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis not your inky brows , your black silk hair.

    Derived terms

    * beetle-browed * eyebrow

    Synonyms

    * forehead

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
  • * Milton
    • Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.