different between sideburns vs whisker

English

Etymology

Reformed from burnside, after Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sa?d.b??(?)nz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?d.b?nz/

Noun

sideburns pl (normally plural, singular sideburn)

1. Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.

Synonyms

• burnside
• sideboards (chiefly Britain)
• side whiskers

Hyponyms

• muttonchop, mutton-chop whiskers

Translations

See also

• beard
• lovelock
• moustache, mustache

Anagrams

• burnsides

English

Etymology

Middle English wisker, whisk (verb) +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sk?(?)/, /w?sk?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?sk?(r)

Noun

whisker (plural whiskers)

1. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
2. A hair of the beard.
3. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
4. (colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things.
5. (nautical) Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.
6. (statistics) A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot.
7. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
8. (metallurgy) A small tendril that forms on metal.

Derived terms

• cat’s whiskers

Translations

Further reading

• whisker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• whisker in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References