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Silk vs Sleek - What's the difference?

silk | sleek |

As nouns the difference between silk and sleek

is that silk is a fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider) while sleek is that which makes smooth; varnish.

As adjectives the difference between silk and sleek

is that silk is made of silk while sleek is having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy.

As verbs the difference between silk and sleek

is that silk is {{cx|transitive|lang=en}} To remove the silk from (corn) while sleek is to make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.

As an adverb sleek is

with ease and dexterity.

silk

English

(wikipedia silk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
    • The silk thread was barely visible.
  • (uncountable) A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
    • I had a small square of silk , but it wasn't enough to make what I wanted.
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * make a silk purse of a sow's ear * silken * silky * silkweaver * silkweaving * silkworm * smooth as silk * take silk

    See also

    * sericin

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of .
  • *
  • *: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 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)
  • To remove the silk from (corn).
  • * 2013 , Lynetra T. Griffin, From Whence We Came (page 17)
    • While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes

    Anagrams

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    sleek

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy.
    • sleek hair
  • * Dryden
    • So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
  • Not rough or harsh.
  • * Milton
    • Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek .

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (dated) With ease and dexterity.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • That which makes smooth; varnish.

    • Anagrams

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