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Stripe vs Headstripe - What's the difference?

stripe | headstripe |

As nouns the difference between stripe and headstripe

is that stripe is a long, straight region of a single colour while headstripe is a stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.

As a verb stripe

is to mark with stripes.

stripe

English

(wikipedia stripe)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • persons of the same political stripe
  • A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxv. 3
  • Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
  • * Thomson
  • Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes .
  • * 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
  • Thou most lying slave, / Whom stripes may move, not kindness!
  • (weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
  • Derived terms

    * of the same stripe * show one's true stripes * true stripes

    Verb

    (strip)
  • To mark with stripes.
  • (computing) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
  • Anagrams

    * * * * *

    headstripe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.