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Braid vs Plait - What's the difference?

braid | plait |

In transitive terms the difference between braid and plait

is that braid is to weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids while plait is to interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

As verbs the difference between braid and plait

is that braid is to make a sudden movement with, to jerk while plait is to fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

As nouns the difference between braid and plait

is that braid is a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench while plait is a flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.

As an adjective braid

is deceitful.

braid

English

(wikipedia braid)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .

Alternative forms

* brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)

Verb

  • (obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
  • (archaic) To start into motion.
  • To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
  • * Milton
  • Braid your locks with rosy twine.
  • To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  • (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
  • *, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
  • *:And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore).
  • :(Sackville)
  • A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
  • A fancy; freak; caprice.
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  • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) deceitful
  • * Shakespeare
  • Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

    Anagrams

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    plait

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
  • a box plait
  • * Addison
  • the plaits and foldings of the drapery
  • A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
  • To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
  • Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.

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