Batting vs Flannel - What's the difference?
batting | flannel |
(sewing) cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc
special cotton for surgery.
the act of someone who bats
(uncountable) A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
* 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]
(New Zealand, British) A washcloth.
(slang) Soothing plausible untruth and half truth, claptrap - ''"Don't talk flannel" [http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/56/messages/708.html][http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-synonyms/claptrap][http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19971103]
made of
As nouns the difference between batting and flannel
is that batting is (sewing) cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc or batting can be the act of someone who bats while flannel is (uncountable) a soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.As verbs the difference between batting and flannel
is that batting is while flannel is to rub with a flannel.As an adjective flannel is
made of.batting
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
Synonyms
* bat, battEtymology 2
.Noun
- the battings of her eyelashes
Verb
(head)flannel
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(wikipedia flannel)Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
- With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.
- First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.
