Fiber vs Yarn - What's the difference?
fiber | yarn |
(countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
(uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
(textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
Dietary fiber.
(figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
(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 fiber and yarn
is that fiber is a single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread while yarn is a story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.In uncountable terms the difference between fiber and yarn
is that fiber is a material in the form of fibers while yarn is a twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.As a verb yarn is
to tell a story.fiber
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Alternative forms
* fibre (chiefly British)Noun
(en noun)- The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.
- The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber .
- Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.
- ''Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber
- The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber .
- ''Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π
Derived terms
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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.}}