Hairless vs. Bald — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hairless and Bald
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Definitions
Hairless
Hairless, also known as H, is a well-characterized Drosophila gene. Many mutations to hairless are embryonic lethal; however, there are several viable hairless mutants.
Bald
Lacking hair on the head.
Hairless
Having little or no hair.
Bald
Lacking a natural or usual covering
A bald spot on the lawn.
Hairless
Destitute of hair.
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Bald
Lacking treads
A bald tire.
Hairless
Bald.
Bald
(Zoology) Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.
Hairless
An animal of a hairless breed.
Bald
Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.
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Hairless
Destitute of hair; bald.
Bald
Undisguised; blunt
A bald statement of policy.
Hairless
Having no hair or fur;
A Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail
Bald
Having no hair, fur or feathers.
Bald
(specifically) Having no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head although hair may still grow on the sides and back of the head.
A bald man with a moustache
Bald
Having areas (of fur or plumage) that are coloured white, especially on the head.
Bald
(by extension) Denuded of any covering.
The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.
Bald
Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
Bald
Unembellished.
Bald
Without evidence or support being provided.
Bald
(Appalachian) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
Bald
(intransitive) To become bald.
Bald
Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
On the bald top of an eminence.
Bald
Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
In the preface to his own bald translation.
Bald
Undisguised.
Bald
Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
Bald
Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
Bald
Destitute of the natural covering.
Bald
Grow bald; lose hair on one's head;
He is balding already
Bald
With no effort to conceal;
A barefaced lie
Bald
Without the natural or usual covering;
A bald spot on the lawn
Bare hills
Bald
Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp;
A bald pate
A bald-headed gentleman
