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Kerchief vs Cravat - What's the difference?

kerchief | cravat | Synonyms |

Kerchief is a synonym of cravat.


As nouns the difference between kerchief and cravat

is that kerchief is (old-fashioned) a piece of cloth used to cover the head while cravat is a wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men, having long ends hanging in front; like an ascot tie.

kerchief

English

(wikipedia kerchief)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (old-fashioned) A piece of cloth used to cover the head.
  • * 1823:' Clement Clark Moore, ''The Night Before Christmas'' - And mamma in her ' kerchief , and I in my cap, / Had just settled down for a long winter's nap...

    • Derived terms

    * handkerchief * headkerchief * kerchiefed * neckerchief

    cravat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia cravat)
  • A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men, having long ends hanging in front; like an ascot tie.
  • *
  • *:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.