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Ribbon vs Plaited - What's the difference?

ribbon | plaited |

As verbs the difference between ribbon and plaited

is that ribbon is to decorate with ribbon while plaited is (plait).

As a noun ribbon

is a long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

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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    plaited

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (plait)

    • plait

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
    • a box plait
  • * Addison
    • the plaits and foldings of the drapery
  • A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
  • To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.

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