Striate vs Stripe - What's the difference?
striate | stripe |
A long, straight region of a single colour.
(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
(informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxv. 3
* Thomson
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
(weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
To mark with stripes.
(computing) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
In transitive terms the difference between striate and stripe
is that striate is to mark something with striations while stripe is to mark with stripes.As an adjective striate
is striated.As a noun stripe is
a long, straight region of a single colour.stripe
English
(wikipedia stripe)Noun
(en noun)- persons of the same political stripe
- Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
- Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes .
- Thou most lying slave, / Whom stripes may move, not kindness!
