Shawl vs Sash - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between shawl and sash

is that shawl is a square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders while sash is a decorative length of cloth worn as a broad belt or over the shoulder, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions or sash can be the opening part of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.

As verbs the difference between shawl and sash

is that shawl is to wrap in a shawl while sash is to adorn with a sash or scarf.

shawl

English

Noun

(wikipedia shawl) (en noun)

A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders.

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Derived terms

* beshawled

Verb

(en verb)

To wrap in a shawl.

(Thackeray)

Anagrams

* English terms derived from Persian

sash

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(es)

A decorative length of cloth worn as a broad belt or over the shoulder, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.

Synonyms

* belt, strap, waistband

Verb

(es)

To adorn with a sash or scarf.

(Burke)

Etymology 2

, taken as a plural and -s trimmed off by 1704. See also chassis.

Noun

(es)

The opening part of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.

(software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.

In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.

Synonyms

* (GUI) splitter