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Bamboo vs Viscose - What's the difference?

bamboo | viscose |

As nouns the difference between bamboo and viscose

is that bamboo is a grass of the poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe while viscose is a viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.

As an adjective bamboo

is made of the wood of the bamboo.

As a verb bamboo

is to flog with a bamboo cane.

bamboo

English

(wikipedia bamboo)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.
  • The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
  • a didgeridoo
  • (slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

    • Derived terms

    * bamboo ceiling * bamboo clam * Bamboo Curtain, bamboo curtain * bamboo man

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of the wood of the bamboo.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flog with a bamboo cane.
    • ----

    viscose

    English

    (wikipedia viscose)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
  • A fabric made from this material.

    • Synonyms

    * cellulose xanthate