Cotton vs Yarn - What's the difference?
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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.
Made of cotton.
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(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
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In countable terms the difference between cotton and yarn
is that cotton is an item of clothing made from cotton while yarn is a story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.As nouns the difference between cotton and yarn
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 yarn is a twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.As verbs the difference between cotton and yarn
is that cotton is to get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone while yarn is to tell a story.As an adjective cotton
is made of cotton.As a proper noun Cotton
is the name of several settlements around the world.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, SpanishNoun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* cotton candy * cottongrass * cotton pad * cotton picker * cottonseed * cotton stripper * cotton wool * cotton gin * cotton card * cotton blendAdjective
(-)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)Usage notes
Generally used with prepositions on, to; see cotton on, cotton to.Derived terms
* cotton on * cotton toyarn
English
Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn , but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}