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Silken vs Flimsy - What's the difference?

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Silken is a related term of flimsy.


As adjectives the difference between silken and flimsy

is that silken is made of silk while flimsy is likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.

As a verb silken

is to render silken or silklike.

As a noun flimsy is

thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.

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)

    flimsy

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
  • He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
  • * Sheridan
  • All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.

    Antonyms

    * robust * strong * sturdy

    Noun

    (flimsies)
  • Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
  • *1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 251:
  • *:Smiley peered once more at the flimsy which he still clutched in his pudgy hand.
  • (informal, in the plural) Skimpy underwear.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 25, author=Ruth La Ferla, title=Now It’s Nobody’s Secret, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Choosing lingerie “is about what makes you look good, but also what looks good with or through your clothing,” said Monica Mitro, a spokeswoman for Victoria’s Secret, the brand that catapulted racy flimsies into the public eye. }}