Silk vs Leather - What's the difference?
silk | leather |
(uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
(uncountable) A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
That which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.
The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
(colloquial) A Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
Made of .
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*:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk -hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
Looking like silk, silken.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=2 To remove the silk from (corn).
* 2013 , Lynetra T. Griffin, From Whence We Came (page 17)
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
A piece of the above used for polishing.
(colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
(plural : leathers ) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
(baseball) A good defensive play
(dated, humorous) The skin.
Made of leather.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
To cover with leather.
To strike forcefully.
In colloquial|lang=en terms the difference between silk and leather
is that silk is (colloquial) a senior (ie queen's/king's) counsel while leather is (colloquial) a cricket ball or football.As nouns the difference between silk and leather
is that silk is (uncountable) a fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider) while leather is a tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used eg for clothing.As adjectives the difference between silk and leather
is that silk is made of while leather is made of leather.As verbs the difference between silk and leather
is that silk is to remove the silk from (corn) while leather is to cover with leather.silk
English
(wikipedia silk)Noun
(en noun)- The silk thread was barely visible.
- I had a small square of silk , but it wasn't enough to make what I wanted.
Derived terms
* make a silk purse of a sow's ear * silken * silky * silkweaver * silkweaving * silkworm * smooth as silk * take silkSee also
* sericinAdjective
(-)citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
Verb
(en verb)- While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes
Anagrams
*leather
English
(wikipedia leather)Noun
- Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
Hyponyms
(types of leather) chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskinDerived terms
*stirrup leather : the strap which hangs the stirrup from the saddle.Adjective
(-)Verb
(en verb)- He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
