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Diaper vs Born - What's the difference?

diaper | born |

As nouns the difference between diaper and born

is that diaper is a textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread while born is .

As a verb diaper

is to put diapers on someone.

diaper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XI:
    • The orphreys were woven in a diaper of red and gold silk, and were starred with medallions of many saints and martyrs, among whom was St. Sebastian.
  • A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let one attend him with a silver basin, / Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper .
  • (North America) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an older person who is incontinent; a nappy.
  • The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles.
  • Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.

    • Synonyms

    * (absorbent garment) nappy (qualifier); napkin (qualifier)

    Derived terms

    * incontinence diaper

    See also

    * (wikipedia "diaper")

    Verb

  • To put diapers on someone.
    • Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
  • To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
  • * Peacham
    • If you diaper on folds.

    Anagrams

    * *

    born

    English

    (wikipedia born)

    Etymology 1

    From the verb (term).

    Verb

    (head)
  • ; given birth to.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
  • * 1942 , Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major
    • I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born' sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a ' born scoundrel.
    Derived terms
    * born in a barn * born leader * born loser * born killer * born-again * firstborn * highborn * low-born * newborn * stillborn * twice-born
    See also
    * borne

    Etymology 2

    Dialectal variant of (burn).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie) A stream.
    • References
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    Verb

  • (Geordie) With fire.
    • References
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    Anagrams

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