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Garland vs Bunting - What's the difference?

garland | bunting |

In nautical terms the difference between garland and bunting

is that garland is a grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling while bunting is a thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.

As nouns the difference between garland and bunting

is that garland is a wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration while bunting is strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.

As verbs the difference between garland and bunting

is that garland is to deck or ornament something with a garland while bunting is present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Garland

is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a maker or seller of garlands.

garland

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia garland)
  • A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
  • (Alexander Pope)
  • An accolade or mark of honour.
  • (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mine shaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
  • The crown of a monarch.
  • (Grafton)
  • (dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
  • * Percy
  • They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands .
  • The top; the thing most prized.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
  • (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
  • See also

    * chaplet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deck or ornament something with a garland
  • To form something into a garland
  • bunting

    Etymology 1

    Possibly from dialect , hence the material used for that purpose.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
  • (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
  • Flags considered as a group.
  • Etymology 2

    (Emberiza)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza , having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
  • Derived terms
    * * corn bunting * indigo bunting * painted bunting * reed bunting * snow bunting

    Etymology 3

    See bunt

    Verb

    (head)