Cloth vs Sequin - What's the difference?
cloth | sequin |
(uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
A form of attire that represents a particular profession.
(in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.
(historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
* 1883:
A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
As nouns the difference between cloth and sequin
is that cloth is (uncountable) a woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use while sequin is (historical) any of various small gold coins minted in italy and turkey.cloth
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what [...] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth . […]”}}
Synonyms
* (woven fabric) material, stuff * See alsoDerived 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 clothsequin
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Noun
(en noun)- English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins , the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pices stamped with what looked like wisps of string or its of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck - nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...