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Tress vs Forelock - What's the difference?

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Tress is a related term of forelock.


As nouns the difference between tress and forelock

is that tress is a braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet while forelock is the part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.

As a verb tress

is to braid or knot hair.

tress

English

Noun

(es)
  • A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  • (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To braid or knot hair.

    • Anagrams

    *

    forelock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
  • The part of a horse's mane that lies on its forehead.

    • Synonyms

    * (part of hairstyle) bangs (US), fringe (UK) * (sense, part of horse's mane) foretop