The difference between Bow and Front

Bow as a noun:

A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.

Bow as a noun:

A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).

Bow as a noun:

A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.

Bow as a noun:

A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.

Bow as a noun:

A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.

Bow as a noun:

Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.

Bow as a noun:

The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

Bow as a noun:

Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.

Bow as a noun (nautical):

A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

Bow as a noun (saddlery):

Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.

Bow as a noun:

The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.

Bow as a verb:

To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.

Bow as a verb (intransitive):

To become bent or curved.

Bow as a verb (transitive):

To make something bend or curve.

Bow as a verb (transitive, figurative):

To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

Bow as a verb (intransitive):

To premiere.

Bow as a verb (intransitive):

To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.

Bow as a verb (transitive, and, intransitive):

To debut.

Bow as a verb (intransitive):

To defer (to something).

Bow as a verb (transitive):

To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.

Bow as a noun:

A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence

Bow as a noun (nautical):

The front of a boat or ship.

Bow as a noun (rowing):

The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.

Front as a noun:

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

Front as a noun:

The side of a building with the main entrance.

Front as a noun:

A field of activity.

Front as a noun:

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

Front as a noun (meteorology):

The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

Front as a noun (military):

An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

Front as a noun (military):

The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

Front as a noun (military):

The direction of the enemy.

Front as a noun (military):

When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

Front as a noun (obsolete):

A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

Front as a noun (dated):

Cheek; boldness; impudence.

Front as a noun (informal):

An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

Front as a noun (historical):

That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

Front as a noun:

The most conspicuous part.

Front as a noun (obsolete):

The beginning.

Front as a noun (UK):

a seafront or coastal promenade.

Front as a noun (obsolete):

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

Front as a noun (slang, hotels, dated):

The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.

Front as a noun (slang, in the plural):

A grill .

Front as an adjective:

Located at or near the front.

Front as an adjective (comparable, phonetics):

Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).

Front as a verb (intransitive, dated):

To face (, ); to be pointed in a given direction.

Front as a verb (transitive):

To face, be opposite to.

Front as a verb (transitive):

To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

Front as a verb (transitive):

To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

Front as a verb (phonetics, transitive, intransitive):

To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

Front as a verb (linguistics, transitive):

To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

Front as a verb (intransitive, slang):

To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

Front as a verb (transitive):

To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

Front as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

Front as a verb (intransitive, slang):

To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

Front as a verb (transitive):

To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

Front as a verb:

To appear before, as in to front court.