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Pleat vs Plication - What's the difference?

pleat | plication |

As nouns the difference between pleat and plication

is that pleat is (sewing) a fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric there are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance while plication is .

As a verb pleat

is to form one or more in a piece of fabric or a garment.

pleat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
  • (botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
  • A plait.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form one or more in a piece of fabric or a garment.

    • Derived terms

    * accordion pleat * box pleat * inverted box pleat * knife pleat * pencil pleat * sunburst pleat

    Anagrams

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    plication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *2004 , Richard Fortey, The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 96:
  • *:But the recognition of nappes set out the research project: you need not simply throw up your hands in despair at perverse plications and ceaseless crenelations in the Alps.
  • (medicine) A surgical procedure in which a body part is strengthened or shortened by pulling together folds of excess material, and suturing them into place.

    • Synonyms

    * plicature