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Slender vs Silken - What's the difference?

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Slender is a related term of silken.


As adjectives the difference between slender and silken

is that slender is thin; slim while silken is made of silk.

As a verb silken is

to render silken or silklike.

slender

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Thin; slim.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
  • (Gaelic languages)  Palatalized.

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    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)

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