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Fur vs Wool - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between fur and wool

is that fur is hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick while wool is the hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

As proper nouns the difference between fur and wool

is that fur is one of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan while Wool is a village in Dorset, England.

As a verb fur

is to cover with fur.

fur

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
  • Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
  • * Lady M. W. Montagu
    • wrapped up in my furs
  • A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
  • A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
  • # A thick pile of fabric.
  • # The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
  • # The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
  • # The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
  • (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
  • A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
  • * 2006 , Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
    • "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
  • (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
  • (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.

    • Derived terms

    * fur cap * fur coat * fur farm * furless * furrier * furry * fur seal

    Verb

  • To cover with fur.

    • Derived terms

    * furred ----

    wool

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
  • * 2006 , Nigel Guy Wilson, Ancient Greece , page 692
    • The sheep were caught and plucked, because shears had not yet been invented to cut the wool from the sheep's back.
  • A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 12, Mireya Navarro, It May Market Organic Alternatives, but Is Your Cleaner Really Greener?, New York Times, url=
    • , passage=Spielvogel said wet cleaning also has limitations; while it is fine for cottons and fabrics worn in warm climates, he said, it can damage heavy wools or structured clothes like suit jackets. }}
  • Anything with a texture like that of wool.
  • * 1975 , Anthony Julian Huxley, Plant and Planet , page 223
    • The groundsels have leaves covered in wool for insulation
  • A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
  • (obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
  • * Shakespeare
    • wool of bat and tongue of dog
  • (British, NZ) yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)

    • Coordinate terms

    * (hair of sheep) goathair, horsehair, qiviut

    Hyponyms

    * (cloth or yarn) felt, tweed, worsted

    Derived terms

    * andalusian wool * breech wool * burry wool * cotton wool * dead pulled wool * dyed in the wool * fleece wool * glass wool * ice wool * mineral wool * much cry and little wool * pull the wool over somebody's eyes * rag wool * scoured wool * seed wool * Shetland wool * shorn wool * steel wool * thibet wool * virgin wool * warm as wool * waste of wool * wire wool * wool grease * wool oil * woolgathering * woollen, woolly * woolly, wooly

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wool")