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Nylon vs Bamboo - What's the difference?

nylon | bamboo |

As nouns the difference between nylon and bamboo

is that nylon is originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer while bamboo is a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe: Bambuseae tribe.

As an adjective bamboo is

made of the wood of the bamboo.

As a verb bamboo is

to flog with a bamboo cane.

nylon

English

Noun

(wikipedia nylon)
  • Originally, the (DuPont) company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
  • (plurale tantum) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
  • They left the strip club when they discovered the ladies only stripped down to their nylons .

    Anagrams

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    bamboo

    English

    (wikipedia bamboo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.
  • The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
  • a didgeridoo
  • (slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
  • Derived terms

    * bamboo ceiling * bamboo clam * Bamboo Curtain, bamboo curtain * bamboo man

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of the wood of the bamboo.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flog with a bamboo cane.
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