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Parchment vs Vellum - What's the difference?

parchment | vellum |

As nouns the difference between parchment and vellum

is that parchment is material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing while vellum is a type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.

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

    vellum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.
  • A writing paper of very high quality.
  • See also

    * bookfell * parchment