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Hamlet vs Camlet - What's the difference?

hamlet | camlet |

As nouns the difference between hamlet and camlet

is that hamlet is a small village or a group of houses while camlet is a fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.

As a proper noun Hamlet

is the eponymous main character of Shakespeare's play.

hamlet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small village or a group of houses.
  • (British) A village that does not have its own church.
  • Any of the fish of the genus in the family Serranidae.

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    camlet

    English

    Noun

  • A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
  • A garment made from such a fabric.
    • July 1, 1660' ''This morning came home my fine '''Camlett cloak, with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it.'' — Samuel Pepys, ''
    1844' ''With this announcement he hurried away to the outer door of the Blue Dragon, and almost immediately returned with a companion shorter than himself, who was wrapped in an old blue '''camlet cloak with a lining of faded scarlet.'' — Charles Dickens, ''Martin Chuzzlewit ,
    1893' ''She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured '''camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.'' — Arthur Conan Doyle, ''The Refugees , .