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Knit vs Braid - What's the difference?

knit | braid |

In transitive terms the difference between knit and braid

is that knit is to form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying while braid is to weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.

As a noun braid is

a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.

As an adjective braid is

deceitful.

knit

English

(Knitting)

Verb

  • and To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
    • to knit a stocking
    The first generation knitted''' to order; the second still '''knits''' for its own use; the next leaves '''knitting to industrial manufacturers.
  • (figuratively) To join closely and firmly together.
    • The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
  • * Wiseman
    • Nature cannot knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit .
  • * Milton
    • Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, / In a light fantastic round.
  • * Tennyson
    • A link among the days, to knit / The generations each to each.
  • To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
  • To grow together.
    • All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.
  • To combine from various elements.
    • The witness knitted his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
  • To heal (of bones) following a fracture.
    • I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit .''
  • To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
  • * Bible, Acts x. 11
    • a great sheet knit at the four corners
  • * Shakespeare
    • When your head did but ache, / I knit my handkercher about your brows.
  • To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He knits his brow and shows an angry eye.

    Derived terms

    * close-knit * knit one's brow / knit one's brows * knitter * knitting * knitting needle * knitwear * stick to one's knitting

    See also

    * tricot * weave

    Anagrams

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    braid

    English

    (wikipedia braid)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .

    Alternative forms

    * brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
  • (archaic) To start into motion.
  • To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
  • * Milton
    • Braid your locks with rosy twine.
  • To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  • (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
  • *, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
  • *:And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore).
  • :(Sackville)
  • A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
  • A fancy; freak; caprice.
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    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) deceitful
  • * Shakespeare
    • Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

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