The difference between Comb and Search
When used as nouns, comb means a toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place, whereas search means an attempt to find something.
When used as verbs, comb means to groom with a toothed implement, whereas search means to look in (a place) for something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Comb and Search
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Comb as a noun:
A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
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Comb as a noun:
A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
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Comb as a noun:
A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
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Comb as a noun:
A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
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Comb as a noun:
An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
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Comb as a noun:
The top part of a gun's stock.
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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.
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Comb as a noun (music):
The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
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Comb as a noun:
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
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Comb as a noun:
A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
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Comb as a noun:
The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
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Comb as a noun:
The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
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Comb as a noun:
One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
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Comb as a noun:
The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
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Comb as a noun:
A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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Comb as a verb (transitive):
To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
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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"
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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.
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Comb as a noun (abbreviation):
Combination.
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Comb as a noun:
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Search as a noun:
An attempt to find something.
Examples:
"With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest."
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Search as a noun:
The act of searching in general.
Examples:
"'Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently."
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Search as a verb (transitive):
To look in (a place) for something.
Examples:
"I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch."
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Search as a verb (intransitive, followed by "for"):
To look thoroughly.
Examples:
"The police are searching for evidence in his flat."
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Search as a verb (transitive, now, rare):
To look for, seek.
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Search as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To probe or examine (a wound).
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Search as a verb (obsolete):
To examine; to try; to put to the test.