Projecting vs Brow - What's the difference?
projecting | brow |
Sticking out.
(psychology) Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.
The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().
* Churchill
The first tine of an antler's beam.
The forehead ().
* Shakespeare
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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
(nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
(nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
An eyebrow.
* Shakespeare
To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
* Milton
As verbs the difference between projecting and brow
is that projecting is present participle of lang=en while brow is to bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.As an adjective projecting
is sticking out.As a noun brow is
the ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow (Wikipedia).projecting
English
Adjective
(-)- I caught and tore my coat on the projecting nail.
Verb
(head)brow
English
Noun
(en noun)- And his arched brow , pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.
- Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow .
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- the brow of a precipice
- 'Tis not your inky brows , your black silk hair.
Derived terms
* beetle-browed * eyebrowSynonyms
* foreheadVerb
(en verb)- Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.