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Homespun vs Slangy - What's the difference?

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Homespun is a related term of slangy.


As adjectives the difference between homespun and slangy

is that homespun is (of yarn) spun in the home while slangy is including or given to slang.

As a noun homespun

is fabric made from homespun yarn.

homespun

English

Adjective

  • (of yarn) Spun in the home.
  • (of fabric) Woven in the home.
  • (of clothing etc) Made from homespun fabric.
  • * Washington Irving
    • homespun country garbs
  • (by extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
  • * Dryden
    • our homespun English proverb
  • * Addison
    • our homespun authors
  • * (seeCites)

    • Noun

  • Fabric made from homespun yarn.
  • * (seeCites)
  • (obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person. Example: "What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here?" - Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream Act III Scene I
  • * (seeCites)

    • See also

    * homegrown * roughspun

    slangy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Including or given to slang.
  • :His slangy speech was almost uninterpretable to anyone over the age of 18.