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Bunting vs Pendant - What's the difference?

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In nautical terms the difference between bunting and pendant

is that bunting is a thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind while pendant is a short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.

As nouns the difference between bunting and pendant

is that bunting is strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag while pendant is a supporting post attached to the main rafter.

As a verb bunting

is present participle of lang=en.

bunting

English

(wikipedia bunting)

Etymology 1

Possibly from dialect , hence the material used for that purpose.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
  • (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
  • Flags considered as a group.

    • Etymology 2

    (Emberiza)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza , having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
    • Derived terms
    * * corn bunting * indigo bunting * painted bunting * reed bunting * snow bunting

    Etymology 3

    See bunt

    Verb

    (head)

    • pendant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pendaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
  • (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles.
  • A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
  • (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
  • The dangling part of an earring.
  • (obsolete) An appendix or addition, as to a book.
  • * Keightley
    • Many have been pleased with this work and its pendant , the Tales and Popular Fictions.
  • (fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.
    • One vase is the pendant to the other vase.
  • (obsolete) A pendulum.
  • (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
    • (Knight)

    Related terms

    * to depend * to impend * penchant * to pend * pendent ----