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Shammy vs Flannel - What's the difference?

shammy | flannel |

As nouns the difference between shammy and flannel

is that shammy is chamois leather while flannel is (uncountable) a soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

As an adjective flannel is

made of.

As a verb flannel is

to rub with a flannel.

shammy

English

Noun

(shammies)
  • chamois leather
  • a cloth made of this leather

    • flannel

    English

    (wikipedia flannel)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
    • With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.
  • * 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]
    • First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.
  • (New Zealand, British) A washcloth.
  • (slang) Soothing plausible untruth and half truth, claptrap - ''"Don't talk flannel" [http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/56/messages/708.html][http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-synonyms/claptrap][http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19971103]

    • Derived terms

    * flannellike * flannelmouth * unflannelled

    Adjective

    (-)
  • made of

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to rub with a flannel
  • to flatter; suck up to