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Doona vs Comforter - What's the difference?

doona | comforter |

As proper nouns the difference between doona and comforter

is that doona is a irish family name while comforter is (christianity) the holy spirit, the holy ghost.

doona

English

Etymology 1

Originally a product name.

Noun

  • (en noun)
  • (Australia) A padded blanket.
  • * 2002 , Lisa Forrest, DJ Max , unnumnbered page,
    • She got up, dragged the doona around her shoulders and tiptoed into the spare room.
  • * 2005 , Josephine Wilson, Cusp , page 211,
    • Lena pulled the doona over her head.
  • * 2011 , Shannon Lush, Jennifer Fleming, Spotless: Room-by-Room Solutions to Domestic Disasters , unnumbered page,
    • Doonas' can be made of goose feathers, wool or synthetics. Wash them twice a year or even more if you sweat a lot. You can tell it?s time for a wash when the fibres are packed down and lumpy, or the ' doona smells.
    Synonyms
    * duvet (UK) * quilt (US)
    See also
    * eiderdown

    Etymology 2

    Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (label) Do not.
  • * 2005 , Karen Marie Moning, Spell of the Highlander , page 122,
    • “I doona ken how he found us,” he muttered darkly.
  • * 2005 , Harold Cheney, Jack of Tabbyshire'', ''Jack of Tabbyshire and Other Grandfather Tales , page 9,
    • “Are you talking to those cats again? Do you really think they listen? Do you really think they understand?”
    “I doona' know, Grandma. And I ' doona care.”
  • * 2007 , Margo Maguire, A Warrior?s Taking , page 286,
    • “Oh, and doona go near the ruins or the castle when I leave,” he said, picking up the book and heading for the door.

    comforter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let no comforter delight mine ear / But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
  • (US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
  • (old fashioned, mostly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
  • * Popular Science Monthly
    • The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
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  • (UK, NZ, AU) A pacifier.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who comforts) consoler * (padded bed cover) duvet, (continental) quilt

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