Papyrus vs Parchment - What's the difference?
papyrus | parchment |
(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.
material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
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*: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.