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Flounce vs Hem - What's the difference?

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Flounce is a synonym of hem.


In sewing|lang=en terms the difference between flounce and hem

is that flounce is (sewing) a strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle(w) while hem is (sewing) the border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

As verbs the difference between flounce and hem

is that flounce is to move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner while hem is to make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking or hem can be (in sewing) to make a hem.

As nouns the difference between flounce and hem

is that flounce is (sewing) a strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle(w) while hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention or hem can be (sewing) the border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

As an interjection hem is

used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a pronoun hem is

.

flounce

English

Verb

(flounc)
  • To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.
  • (archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions.
  • * Barrow
    • To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us.
  • * Addison
    • With his broad fins and forky tail he laves / The rising surge, and flounces in the waves.
  • To decorate with a flounce.
  • To leave a group dramatically, in a way that draws attention to oneself.
    • After failing to win the leadership election, he flounced dramatically.
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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.(w)
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces , lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • The act of flouncing.

    • Derived terms

    * flouncy

    hem

    English

    Etymology 1

    A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)

    Interjection

    (en-interj)!
  • Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

    • See also

    * ahem * haw

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
  • * Spectator
    • his morning hems

    Verb

    (hemm)
  • To make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hem , and stroke thy beard.
    Derived terms
    * hem and haw

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hemm and related to Middle High German .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
  • A rim or margin of something.
  • * Shakespeare
    • hem of the sea
  • In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
    • Derived terms
    * touch the hem of someone's garment

    Verb

    (hemm)
  • (in sewing) To make a hem.
  • (transitive): To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
  • (transitive): To surround something or someone in a confining way.

    • Related terms

    * hemmed * hemming * hemmer

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) hem, from (etyl) .

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)

    • Anagrams

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