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Cotton vs Galatea - What's the difference?

cotton | galatea |

As nouns the difference between cotton and galatea

is that cotton is a plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth while galatea is a strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave.

As proper nouns the difference between cotton and galatea

is that cotton is the name of several settlements around the world while Galatea is galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.

As an adjective cotton

is made of cotton.

As a verb cotton

is to get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.

cotton

English

(cotton)

Etymology 1

(etyl) cotoun, from (etyl) cotun, (etyl) coton, from (Genoese) (etyl) cotone, from (Egyptian) (etyl) , possibly originally from (etyl). Cognate to Dutch katoen, German Kattun, Italian cotone, Spanish

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
  • Gossypium , a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
  • (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant.
  • (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
    • Derived terms
    * cotton candy * cottongrass * cotton pad * cotton picker * cottonseed * cotton stripper * cotton wool * cotton gin * cotton card * cotton blend

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of cotton.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}

    Etymology 2

    1560s, either from (etyl) cydun, , literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making. Take Our Word For It: Issue 178, page 2]Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, Abram Smythe Palmer, G. Bell and Sons, 1882, [http://books.google.com/books?id=YX5BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA76&dq=cotton p. 76

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
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    • Usage notes
    Generally used with prepositions on, to; see cotton on, cotton to.
    Derived terms
    * cotton on * cotton to

    References

    English terms with multiple etymologies

    galatea

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave
  • a white cotton fabric with blue stripes

    • Quotations

    *:He wore a blue galatea shirt, corduroy trouvers and riding boots. - "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories" by Katherine Mansfield (first published in 1912)