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Corduroy vs Velveteen - What's the difference?

corduroy | velveteen |

As nouns the difference between corduroy and velveteen

is that corduroy is a heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs while velveteen is a cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.

As a verb corduroy

is to make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.

corduroy

English

Noun

(wikipedia corduroy) (en noun)
  • A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
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    • Derived terms

    * corduroys * corduroy road

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
  • *1886 , Ulysses S. Grant,
  • *:The night was very dark and it rained heavily, the roads were so bad that the troops had to cut trees and corduroy the road a part of the way, to get through.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, pp. 827-8:
    • But Sherman organized “pioneer battalions” of soldiers and freedmen [...] to cut saplings and trees to corduroy the roads, build bridges, and construct causeways.

    velveteen

    English

    Noun

  • A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.