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Quilt vs Eiderdown - What's the difference?

quilt | eiderdown |

As nouns the difference between quilt and eiderdown

is that quilt is a bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design while eiderdown is the down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.

As a verb quilt

is to construct a quilt.

quilt

English

(wikipedia quilt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.
    • My grandmother is going to sew a quilt .
  • A quilted skirt worn by women.

    • Derived terms

    * crazy quilt * patchwork quilt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To construct a quilt.
  • To construct something, such as clothing, using the same technique.

    • Derived terms

    * quilting bee * quilting needle * quilting

    See also

    * batting * pinking shears * sew

    eiderdown

    English

    Alternative forms

    *eider down

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.
  • (countable) A quilt stuffed with this down.
  • * 1919 ,
    • I entered. It was a very small room, overcrowded with furniture of the style which the French know as Louis Philippe. There was a large wooden bedstead on which was a billowing red eiderdown , and there was a large wardrobe, a round table, a very small washstand, and two stuffed chairs covered with red rep.
  • *1851 ,
    • The landlord was near spraining his wrist, and I told him for heaven’s sake to quit—the bed was soft enough to suit me, and I did not know how all the planing in the world could make eider down of a pine plank.