Embroidery vs Needlepoint - What's the difference?
embroidery | needlepoint |
The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
A piece of embroidered fabric.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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(uncountable) A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.
(countable) An object made using the craft.
As nouns the difference between embroidery and needlepoint
is that embroidery is the ornamentation of fabric using needlework while needlepoint is a craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.embroidery
English
(wikipedia embroidery)Noun
(embroideries)citation, passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
