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Lapel vs Brooch - What's the difference?

lapel | brooch |

As nouns the difference between lapel and brooch

is that lapel is each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between while brooch is fallow (unseeded or uncultivated land).

lapel

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
  • *
  • *:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?!  You?!   Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

    • Derived terms

    * grab by the lapels

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • appeal

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    brooch

    English

    (wikipedia brooch)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
  • A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

    • Synonyms

    * breastpin

    Hypernyms

    * pin

    Verb

  • To adorn as with a brooch.

    • References

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