what is a frown

ASL vs BSL on "frown" https://t.co/U3ffD1BWiY, https://t.co/xQ79I8vYy5

— The Fruehwald (@JoFrhwld) September 13, 2016

A frown is 100% eyebrows. I have wrinkles between my brows by the end of every school year from frowning at students. Mouth turned down at the corners is a totally different expression imo, sort of a "Who knows, search me?" expression, like a shrug but with your face.

I'm aware that people use the words differently but I didn't realize it was a British/American thing, I just thought some people were inexplicably confused about frowning.

This is why I don’t bother looking at people’s faces when I talk to them nobody knows what this stuff means anyway

xp I think the difference between a frown and a scowl is partly intensity/aggression, partly how much of the face it involves. Like, you can frown in concentration, which is just furrowed brows and conveys no anger. But if you scowl - which I think of as outthrust chin, compressed lips, general pissed-off expression, with possible furrowed brows- you are specifically angry at someone.

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