Pare vs Fleece - What's the difference?
pare | fleece | Related terms |
to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
to trim the hoof of a horse
(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
(countable) An insulating wooly jacket
(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
to con or trick someone out of money
to shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep)
Pare is a related term of fleece.
As verbs the difference between pare and fleece
is that pare is to seem, to look, to appear while fleece is to con or trick someone out of money.As a noun fleece is
(uncountable) hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.pare
English
Verb
(par)- We pared the paired pears.
- Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.