The difference between Browse and Thumb
When used as nouns, browse means young shoots and twigs, whereas thumb means the short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
When used as verbs, browse means to scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand, whereas thumb means to touch or cover with the thumb.
check bellow for the other definitions of Browse and Thumb
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Browse as a verb:
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
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Browse as a verb:
To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
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Browse as a verb (transitive, computing):
To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
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Browse as a verb (intransitive, of an animal):
To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
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Browse as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
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Browse as a noun:
Young shoots and twigs.
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Browse as a noun:
Fodder for cattle and other animals.
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Thumb as a noun:
The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
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Thumb as a noun (computing):
The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
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Thumb as a noun (colloquial, Internet):
A thumbnail picture.
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Thumb as a verb (transitive):
To touch or cover with the thumb.
Examples:
"to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon"
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Thumb as a verb (transitive, with '''through'''):
To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
Examples:
"I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all."
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Thumb as a verb (travel):
To hitchhike
Examples:
"So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown."
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Thumb as a verb:
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
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Thumb as a verb:
To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
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Thumb as a verb:
To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.