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Muslim vs Muslin - What's the difference?

muslim | muslin |

As nouns the difference between muslim and muslin

is that muslim is a person who is a follower and believer of Islam while muslin is any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

As an adjective Muslim

is relating to believers of Islam.

muslim

English

(wikipedia Muslim)

Alternative forms

* (l) (dated) (other forms) * (l) (rare) * Mooslim (archaic or uncommon Internet slang) * mooselimb/Mooselimb

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.
    • I just saw a group of Shia Muslims praying.

    Synonyms

    * (l) (archaic) * Mohammedan, Mohammedist * Saracen (obsolete) * Muslimah, Muslimette, Muslimess (female Muslim) * mosque-goer, Quran believer, masjid goer, mu'min (practising Muslim) * Muslimist, Muslimite, Muslimoid, Muslimian, neo-Muslim (conditional) * asslifter, muzzie, carpet kisser, mudslime, Quran thumper, muzrat, koranimal, raghead, towelhead, pisslamist, muslimtard (all derogatory and hence offensive)

    Hypernyms

    * Abrahamist; monotheist; theist, religionist

    Hyponyms

    * Sunni, Shi'a, Sufi/Sufist, Ahle Quran, Salafite, Muwahhid, Quranist, Moorish Scientist, Ismaili/Ismailite, Zahirist, Ahmadi (controversial) , , Ibadist, ghair muqallid, Hanafite * jihadist/jihadi, mujahid

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    *muslimesque *I'm a Muslim *muslimonazi *Muslimess *Muslimlover *Muslimship *Muslimette *Muslimcentric *philo-Muslim *non-Muslim *demuslimize *Muslimologist *Muslimoid *Muslimaniac *Muslimese *Muslimania *anti-Muslimism *Muslimistic *anti-Muslimist *anti-Muslimness *Muslimhood *anti-Muslim *Muslimstan *Muslimville *Muslimize *ex-Muslim *intra-Muslim *Muslimophile *inter-Muslim *neo-Muslim *proto-Muslim *Muslimless *de-Muslimize *muslimtard *Christo-Muslim *Muslimian *Muslimofascist *Muslimology *muslimity *cyber-Muslim *Muslimish *post-Muslim *un-Muslim *pre-Muslim *Muslimo- *Muslimify *Sahih Muslim *promuslim *anti-Muslim mania *pan-Muslimism *semi-Muslim *Muslimly *Muslimicide *Muslimification *Muslimdom *Muslimest *Black Muslim *pseudo-Muslim *Muslimness *Muslimphobia *Muslimphobe *Muslimphobic *Muslimite *Muslimist *Muslimic *Muslimism

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to believers of Islam.

    • Antonyms

    * non-Muslim * kafir

    References

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    muslin

    English

    (wikipedia muslin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
  • *1875 , Edward H. Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary , Vol.2 p.1502:
    • A bleached or unbleached thin white cotton cloth, unprinted and undyed. [Nineteen varieties are thereafter listed.]
  • *
  • *: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.
  • (lb) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
  • *1875 , Edward H. Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary , Vol.2 pp.1502−3:
  • *:Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins , and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.
  • A term used for a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
  • (lb) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
  • A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.

    • References

    * http://www.fabrics-manufacturers.com/muslin.html