Sheepskin vs Fur - What's the difference?
sheepskin | fur |
(uncountable) The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
* 1891 , Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction (volume 17, page 137)
(US, countable) A diploma.
(countable) The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
* Lady M. W. Montagu
A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
# A thick pile of fabric.
# The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
# The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
# The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
* 2006 , Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
(vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
(vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
To cover with fur.
As nouns the difference between sheepskin and fur
is that sheepskin is the skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding while fur is hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.As a verb fur is
to cover with fur.As a proper noun Fur is
one of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.sheepskin
English
Noun
- I confess to having felt a prejudice against sleeping in a bag, more especially a sheepskin bag, which would probably have a muttony odor; but it was pronounced to be the warmest and least cumbersome form of bedding we could have
References
* OEDfur
English
Noun
(en noun)- wrapped up in my furs
- "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."