Coat vs Carpet - What's the difference?

Coat is a related term of carpet.

As nouns the difference between coat and carpet

is that coat is (lb) an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms while carpet is a fabric used as a complete floor covering.

As verbs the difference between coat and carpet

is that coat is to cover with a coat of some material while carpet is to lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.

coat

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(lb) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

*:Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days.Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

(lb) A covering of material, such as paint.^(w)

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.

(lb) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.

Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).

(lb) A petticoat.

*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

*:a child in coats

The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:She was sought by spirits of richest coat .

A coat of arms.^(w)

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat .

A coat card.

*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)

*:Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.

Derived terms

* buffy coat * coat of arms * greatcoat * covert-coat * overcoat

Verb

(en verb)

To cover with a coat of some material

One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.

To cover as a coat.

Anagrams

* * * * 1000 English basic words

carpet

English

Noun

(en noun) (uncountable and countable)

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

*:A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

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, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet , which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}

(label) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:the grassy carpet of this plain

(label) A wrought cover for tables.

*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)

*:Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets.

A woman's pubic hair.

Usage notes

The terms carpet and (m) are often used interchangeably, but various distinctions are drawn. Most often, a rug is loose and covers part of a floor, while a carpet covers most or all of the floor (hence typically square), and may be loose or attached, while a fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall. Another distinction is quality: a rug may be coarser, while a carpet is higher quality and has finished ends. Initially carpet referred primarily to table and wall coverings, today called (m) or (m) – the use of the term for floor coverings dates to the 18th century, following trade with Persia.

Derived terms

* carpetbag * carpet beetle * carpet bombing * carpet burn * carpeting * carpet knight * carpet muncher * carpet weed * flying carpet * magic carpet * on the carpet * call on the carpet

External links

* (wikipedia "carpet")

Verb

(en verb)

To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.

After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.

The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house.

To substantially cover something, like a carpet; to blanket something.

Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.

(UK) To reprimand.

* 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 428:

Even Colonel Yakov, so recently carpeted by St Petersburg, was reported to be back in the Pamirs.