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Silkmen vs Silken - What's the difference?

silkmen | silken |

As a noun silkmen

is plural of silkman.

As an adjective silken is

made of silk.

As a verb silken is

to render silken or silklike.

silkmen

English

Noun

(head)

    • 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)

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en