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Blanket vs Doona - What's the difference?

blanket | doona |

As a noun blanket

is a heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

As an adjective blanket

is in general; covering or encompassing everything.

As a verb blanket

is to cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

As a proper noun doona is

a irish family name.

blanket

English

(wikipedia blanket)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
    • The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.
  • A layer of anything.
    • The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
  • A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
    • A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.
  • A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

    • Derived terms

    * blankie, blanky * security blanket * smallpox blanket * wet blanket

    Adjective

    (-)
  • In general; covering or encompassing everything.
    • They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations.
    a blanket ban

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll blanket my loins.
    A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
    • I see the moon go off watch, and the darkness begin to blanket the river.
  • To traverse or complete thoroughly.
    • The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.
  • To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall.
  • To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

    • doona

    English

    Etymology 1

    Originally a product name.

    Noun

  • (en noun)
  • (Australia) A padded blanket.
  • * 2002 , Lisa Forrest, DJ Max , unnumnbered page,
    • She got up, dragged the doona around her shoulders and tiptoed into the spare room.
  • * 2005 , Josephine Wilson, Cusp , page 211,
    • Lena pulled the doona over her head.
  • * 2011 , Shannon Lush, Jennifer Fleming, Spotless: Room-by-Room Solutions to Domestic Disasters , unnumbered page,
    • Doonas' can be made of goose feathers, wool or synthetics. Wash them twice a year or even more if you sweat a lot. You can tell it?s time for a wash when the fibres are packed down and lumpy, or the ' doona smells.
    Synonyms
    * duvet (UK) * quilt (US)
    See also
    * eiderdown

    Etymology 2

    Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (label) Do not.
  • * 2005 , Karen Marie Moning, Spell of the Highlander , page 122,
    • “I doona ken how he found us,” he muttered darkly.
  • * 2005 , Harold Cheney, Jack of Tabbyshire'', ''Jack of Tabbyshire and Other Grandfather Tales , page 9,
    • “Are you talking to those cats again? Do you really think they listen? Do you really think they understand?”
    “I doona' know, Grandma. And I ' doona care.”
  • * 2007 , Margo Maguire, A Warrior?s Taking , page 286,
    • “Oh, and doona go near the ruins or the castle when I leave,” he said, picking up the book and heading for the door.