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Contexture vs Texture - What's the difference?

contexture | texture |

As a noun contexture

is a weaving together of parts.

As a verb texture is

.

As an adjective texture is

textured.

contexture

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A weaving together of parts.
  • A body or structure made by interweaving]] or [[assemble, assembling parts.
  • The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
  • The structural character of a thing.
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • He was not of any delicate contexture ; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.
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    texture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
    • The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth.
  • (arts) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
    • The piece of music had a mainly smooth texture .
  • (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface,
  • (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)
  • (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
  • * Thomson
    • Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
    (Milton)
  • (biology, obsolete) A tissue.

    • Related terms

    * context * pretext * subtext * texel * texton * text * textual

    Verb

    (textur)
  • to create or apply a texture
    • ''Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.

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