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Organdy vs Organza - What's the difference?

organdy | organza |

As nouns the difference between organdy and organza

is that organdy is a fine, transparent fabric made from cotton, and usually stiffened while organza is a thin, stiff, sheer fabric that is made from silk or a synthetic yarn, which resembles organdy, and is used in dressmaking.

organdy

English

Alternative forms

* organdie

Noun

(organdies)
  • A fine, transparent fabric made from cotton, and usually stiffened.
  • *1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 445:
  • *:Beside them stood a puzzled female dwarf with a hideously rouged face as if ready for the circus; she was clad in white organdie with a marriage veil.

    • organza

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A thin, stiff, sheer fabric that is made from silk or a synthetic yarn, which resembles organdy, and is used in dressmaking.
  • * 2004 Monika Fagerholm, Translator Kathleen Tucker,The American Girl , Other Press 2009, p.202:
    • But Pinky, at night, toward the morning, to become a woman, was that it? How the white legs would glow against the fire-colored chiffon and bright pink organza , Pinky's white white legs.