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Rubberband vs Elastic - What's the difference?

rubberband | elastic |

As nouns the difference between rubberband and elastic

is that rubberband is while elastic is (uncountable) an elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.

As a verb rubberband

is (lb).

As an adjective elastic is

capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.

rubberband

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1998 , Natural Hair Care and Braiding (ISBN 1562533169), page 114:
    • Once the hair is sewn onto the foundation, use the proper styling aids to blend all natural hair that is not in rubberbands into the commercial hair, if necessary.
  • * 1999 , Jennifer Overend Prior, ?Janet A. Hale, Bats (ISBN 1576903761), page 39:
    • Provide each child, or pair of children, with a shoebox (shoebox lid is not needed) and different sizes and thicknesses of rubberbands'. The children are to stretch several different sizes of ' rubberbands around the entire shoebox's girth.
  • * 2008 , Susan E. Harris, Grooming To Win (ISBN 0470285125), page 203:
    • Braiding with rubberbands is quicker than sewing in yarn or thread but it is not acceptable for high-level competition, and it will break off hairs and damage the mane.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb)
  • * 2001 , Braiding: Easy Styles for Everyone (ISBN 0766837645), page 71:
    • Rubberband them together.
  • * 2013 , Phil Rickman, The Fabric of Sin (ISBN 1623652839):
    • Long red-gray hair in a rubberbanded ponytail,
  • * 2014 , Steve Hullfish, Avid Uncut (ISBN 1134070632):
    • Editors are very set in their ways of whether they prefer doing level changes within a clip by rubberbanding or by breaking the clip into pieces and adjusting the levels of each piece.

    elastic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * elastick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
    • The rope is somewhat elastic , so expect it to give when you pull on it.
  • Made of elastic.
    • elastic band
  • Of clothing, elasticated.
  • (economics) Sensitive to changes in price.
    • Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy.
  • springy; bouncy; vivacious
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.
  • Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
    • elastic''' spirits; an '''elastic constitution

    Synonyms

    * stretchy * stretchable

    Related terms

    * elasticated * elasticated * elastic band * inelastic * elasticity

    Noun

  • (uncountable) An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
    • Running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt.
  • (countable) An elastic band.

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