Sew vs Embroider - What's the difference?
sew | embroider |
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
To enclose by sewing.
As verbs the difference between sew and embroider
is that sew is to use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together or sew can be (obsolete|transitive) to drain, as a pond, for taking the fish while embroider is to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.sew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sewen, seowen, sowen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Verb
- Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
- to sew money into a bag