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Silken vs Cobwebby - What's the difference?

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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

(-)
  • Made of silk.
  • a silken veil
  • Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.
  • * 1994 , , ch. 2:
  • He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.
  • Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Silken terms precise.
  • (obsolete) Dressed in silk.
  • * Shakespeare
  • A silken wanton.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To render silken or silklike.
  • (Dyer)

    cobwebby

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having many cobwebs.
  • Resembling a cobweb.
  • Old or dated.
  • * 2014 , Private Eye 1373, p. 15:
  • 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.