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Ribbon vs Bowtie - What's the difference?

ribbon | bowtie |

As nouns the difference between ribbon and bowtie

is that ribbon is a long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping while bowtie is a man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.

As a verb ribbon

is to decorate with ribbon.

As an adjective bowtie is

having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.

ribbon

English

(wikipedia ribbon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
  • An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
  • A narrow strip or shred.
    • a steel or magnesium ribbon
    sails torn to ribbons
  • (shipbuilding)
  • (slang, dated, in the plural) Driving reins.
    • (London Athenaeum)
  • (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
  • (spinning) A sliver.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
  • (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.

    • See also

    * riband

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To decorate with ribbon.

    • Synonyms

    * beribbon

    Anagrams

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    bowtie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bow tie

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
  • (US) A kind of road intersection. See .

    • External links

    * ("bowtie" on Wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.
    • The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.