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Buttonhole vs Eyelet - What's the difference?

buttonhole | eyelet |

As nouns the difference between buttonhole and eyelet

is that buttonhole is a hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one while eyelet is an object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.

As a verb buttonhole

is to detain (a person) in conversation against their will.

buttonhole

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
  • (chiefly, British) a flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration

    • Synonyms

    * (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration): boutonniere

    Verb

    (buttonhol)
  • To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
  • * Here they are, the brainless few we had been raised to pity and fear, the Stone Age oafs and the seething runts and the ominous, swaggering weightlifters, buttonholing kids like me out on Chancellor Avenue and telling us to keep our baseball bats at the ready in case we were called in the night to take to the streets [...] — " (2004)
  • * http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004291.html

    • Synonyms

    * : accost, waylay

    Derived terms

    * buttonholer

    eyelet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
    • Push the aglet of the shoelace through each of the eyelets , one at a time.
  • A shaped metal embellishment containing a hole, used in scrapbook. Eyelets are typically set by punching a hole in the page, placing the smooth side of the eyelet on a table, positioning the paper over protruding edge and curling the edge down using a hammer and eyelet setter.
  • Cotton fabric with small holes.