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Knitting vs Dyeing - What's the difference?

knitting | dyeing |

As verbs the difference between knitting and dyeing

is that knitting is present participle of knit while dyeing is present participle of dye.

As nouns the difference between knitting and dyeing

is that knitting is the action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material while dyeing is the act by which something is dyed.

knitting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia knitting) (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to knit ; the process of producing knitted material.
    • I find knitting very relaxing.
  • Material that has been, or is being knitted.
    • She put down her knitting and went to answer the phone.

    Derived terms

    * stick to one's knitting

    dyeing

    English

    Verb

    (wikipedia dyeing) (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is dyed.
  • * 1930 , United States. National Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Standards journal of research (volume 3, page 50)
    • Ninety per cent of the dyeings on silk, 72 per cent of the dyeings on rayon, 70 per cent of the dyeings on cotton showed no color change.

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