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Cloth vs Operameter - What's the difference?

cloth | operameter |

As nouns the difference between cloth and operameter

is that cloth is (uncountable) a woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use while operameter is (archaic) an instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially the number of rotations by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth.

cloth

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
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  • A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
  • A form of attire that represents a particular profession.
  • (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

    • Synonyms

    * (woven fabric) material, stuff * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "cloth") * cheesecloth * cut from the same cloth * dishcloth * facecloth * horsecloth * loincloth * man of the cloth * sackcloth * tablecloth * take the cloth * washcloth * whole cloth, from whole cloth, out of whole cloth * wire cloth

    Related terms

    * clothe, clothes, clothing

    operameter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially the number of rotations by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth.
    • (Ure)
    (Webster 1913)