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Toothbrush vs Paintbrush - What's the difference?

toothbrush | paintbrush |

As nouns the difference between toothbrush and paintbrush

is that toothbrush is a brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth while paintbrush is a thin brush for applying paint.

As a verb toothbrush

is to clean or scrub with a toothbrush.

toothbrush

English

(wikipedia toothbrush)

Noun

(es)
  • A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.

    • Derived terms

    * toothbrush moustache

    Verb

  • To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
  • * 1997 , Matthew Remski, Dying for Veronica
    • In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.
  • * 2004 , Iceberg Slim, Trick Baby
    • I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.

    paintbrush

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A thin brush for applying paint.