Silken vs Cobwebby - What's the difference?
silken | cobwebby | Related terms |
Made of silk.
Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.
* 1994 , , ch. 2:
Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Dressed in silk.
* Shakespeare
Having many cobwebs.
Resembling a cobweb.
Old or dated.
* 2014 , Private Eye 1373, p. 15:
Silken is a related term of cobwebby.
As adjectives the difference between silken and cobwebby
is that silken is made of silk while cobwebby is having many cobwebs.As a verb silken
is to render silken or silklike.silken
English
Adjective
(-)- a silken veil
- He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.
- Silken terms precise.
- A silken wanton.
Anagrams
* English adjectives ending in -encobwebby
English
Adjective
(er)- As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run of cobwebby sitcoms and dramas it has bought from established terrestrial networks.