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Noil vs Foil - What's the difference?

noil | foil |

As nouns the difference between noil and foil

is that noil is a short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer while foil is a very thin sheet of metal.

As a proper noun FOIL is

a particular algorithm for multiplying two binomials.

As a verb FOIL is

to apply the FOIL algorithm to.

noil

English

Noun

(wikipedia noil) (en noun)
  • A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer.
    • The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour.

    Derived terms

    * noily

    Anagrams

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    foil

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A particular algorithm for multiplying two binomials.

    • External links

    * (projectlink)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply the FOIL algorithm to.

    • Anagrams

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