The difference between Caruncle and Comb

When used as nouns, caruncle means a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy, whereas comb means a toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.


Comb is also verb with the meaning: to groom with a toothed implement.

check bellow for the other definitions of Caruncle and Comb

  1. Caruncle as a noun:

    A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.

  2. Caruncle as a noun:

    A similar excrescence near the hilum of some seeds.

  1. Comb as a noun:

    A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.

  2. Comb as a noun:

    A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

  3. Comb as a noun:

    A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.

  4. Comb as a noun:

    A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.

  5. Comb as a noun:

    An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.

  6. Comb as a noun:

    The top part of a gun's stock.

  7. Comb as a noun:

    The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.

  8. Comb as a noun (music):

    The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.

  9. Comb as a noun:

    A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.

  10. Comb as a noun:

    A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.

  11. Comb as a noun:

    The notched scale of a wire micrometer.

  12. Comb as a noun:

    The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.

  13. Comb as a noun:

    One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.

  14. Comb as a noun:

    The curling crest of a wave; a comber.

  15. Comb as a noun:

    A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.

  16. Comb as a noun (weaving):

    A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.

  17. Comb as a noun:

    A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.

  1. Comb as a verb (transitive, especially of hair or fur):

    To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.

    Examples:

    "I need to comb my hair before we leave the house"

  2. Comb as a verb (transitive):

    To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

  3. Comb as a verb (transitive):

    To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

    Examples:

    "Police combed the field for evidence after the assault"

  4. Comb as a verb (nautical, intransitive):

    To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

  1. Comb as a noun (abbreviation):

    Combination.

  1. Comb as a noun: