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Ironing vs Pillow - What's the difference?

ironing | pillow |

As verbs the difference between ironing and pillow

is that ironing is while pillow is to rest as on a pillow.

As nouns the difference between ironing and pillow

is that ironing is the act of pressing clothes with an iron while pillow is a soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

ironing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The act of pressing clothes with an iron.
    • I hate ironing .
  • Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed.
    • I really should make a start on the ironing soon.
  • Laundry that has recently been ironed.
    • I really should put the ironing away.

    Derived terms

    * extreme ironing * ironing board * ironing machine * ironing room

    Related terms

    * iron

    pillow

    English

    (wikipedia pillow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
  • (geology) A pillow lava.
  • (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
  • (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
  • A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

    • Derived terms

    * pillow-biter * pillow block * pillow case * pillow fight * pillowing * pillow lace * pillow lava * pillow sham * pillowy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To rest as on a pillow.
  • * 1942': She had '''pillowed her head on her arm — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)