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Fleece vs Batting - What's the difference?

fleece | batting |

As nouns the difference between fleece and batting

is that fleece is hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal while batting is cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.

As verbs the difference between fleece and batting

is that fleece is to con or trick someone out of money while batting is present participle of lang=en.

fleece

English

(wikipedia fleece)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
  • (uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
  • (countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
  • (countable) An insulating wooly jacket
  • (roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
  • Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
  • The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

    • Verb

    (fleec)
  • to con or trick someone out of money
  • to shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep)

    • See also

    * (con) nickel and dime

    batting

    English

    Etymology 1

    .

    Noun

  • (sewing) cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc
  • special cotton for surgery.

    • Synonyms

    * bat, batt

    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

  • the act of someone who bats
    • the battings of her eyelashes

    Verb

    (head)