Embroider vs Bework - What's the difference?
embroider | bework |
To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.
(figuratively) To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable.
To work round about; surround.
To work, as with thread; embroider.
To work over; rework; edit.
*1882 , John Devenish Hoppus, Riverside papers :
As verbs the difference between embroider and bework
is that embroider is to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours while bework is to work round about; surround.embroider
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(en verb)Derived terms
* embroiderer * embroideress * embroideryExternal links
* * *bework
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- The author, who knows the answer, beworks his brains to give it in a satisfactory and intelligible form to his audience; [...]