Leather vs Wallet - What's the difference?
leather | wallet |
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
A piece of the above used for polishing.
(colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
(plural : leathers ) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
(baseball) A good defensive play
(dated, humorous) The skin.
Made of leather.
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Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
To cover with leather.
To strike forcefully.
A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
(by extension, slang) A person's bank account or assets.
A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
(archaic) A bag or pouch.
As nouns the difference between leather and wallet
is that leather is a tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used eg for clothing while wallet is a small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.As a adjective leather
is made of leather.As a verb leather
is to cover with leather.leather
English
(wikipedia leather)Noun
- Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
Hyponyms
(types of leather) chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskinDerived terms
*stirrup leather : the strap which hangs the stirrup from the saddle.Adjective
(-)Verb
(en verb)- He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
Derived terms
* hell-for-leather * leatherback * leatherette * leatherhead * leatherjacket * leather jacket * leather-lunged * leathern * leathery * wash-leatherAnagrams
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English
(wikipedia wallet)Noun
(en noun)- The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet .
- It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
- I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet .
- He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.