Tooth vs Barb - What's the difference?
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A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
(botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
(animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allow better adhesion of artwork.
(figurative) taste; palate
* Dryden
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
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(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
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Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 29:
(ornithology) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
(zoology) Several species of freshwater fish of the cyprinid family.
(zoology) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; also improperly called whiting.
(botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
(zoology) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
(obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]
(obsolete) A bit for a horse.
A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed , and that was a little beyond our skill.
To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
*1592 , (William Shakespeare), , Act I, Scene I, line 10:
*:And now, in stead of mounting barbed steeds / To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, / He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber.
(lb) To shave or dress the beard of.
(lb) To clip; to mow.
:(Marston)
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
Tooth is a related term of barb.
As nouns the difference between tooth and barb
is that tooth is a hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating while barb is (label) a fan of the american singer (nicki minaj), especially a female one.As a verb tooth
is to provide or furnish with teeth.As a proper noun barb is
a diminutive of the female given name barbara.tooth
English
(wikipedia tooth)Noun
(teeth)- I have a sweet tooth : I love sugary treats.
- These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth .
Hyponyms
* (structure in the mouth) bicuspid, canine, cuspid, incisor, premolar, molar * See alsoDerived terms
* back tooth * clean as a hound's tooth * eyetooth * fight tooth and nail * long in the tooth * milk tooth * sweet tooth * teethe verb * toothache * tooth and nail * toothbrush * tooth fairy * toothless * toothpaste * toothpick * toothsome * toothlike * toothly * toothy * wisdom toothSee also
(see also) * bicuspid * canine * cuspid * dental * dentist * denture * fang * incisor * molar * orling * premolar * prong * tinebarb
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Having two barbs or points.
- The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or wattles in his mouth.
- The defensive armor with the horses of the ancient knights ... These are frequently, though improperly, stiled barbs .
- (Spenser)