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Sideburn vs Sidelock - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sideburn and sidelock

is that sideburn is singular of lang=en while sidelock is a lock of hair worn at the side of the head.

sideburn

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • * His left sideburn was longer than the other one.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, smoking, uncountable) The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.

    • Anagrams

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    sidelock

    English

    Alternative forms

    * side-lock

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 558:
    • observation of the Sabbath (rather than the décadi ) and the wearing of Jewish side-locks and beards were regarded as ‘uncivic’ offences.
  • payess / payot
  • The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.

    • See also

    * sideburn * sidecurl