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Papyrus vs Parchment - What's the difference?

papyrus | parchment |

As nouns the difference between papyrus and parchment

is that papyrus is a plant in the sedge family, species: Cyperus papyrus, native to the Nile river valley while parchment is material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

papyrus

English

Noun

  • (usually, uncountable) A plant in the sedge family, , native to the Nile river valley.
  • (usually, uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
  • (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

    • Related terms

    * papyrology * papyrologist English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    parchment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
  • *
  • *:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
  • A document made on such material.
  • A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
  • Stiff paper imitating that material.
  • The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
  • The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.

    • Synonyms

    * bookfell * (paper) vegetal parchment, parchment paper, wax paper