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Sliver vs Swatch - What's the difference?

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Sliver is a related term of swatch.


As nouns the difference between sliver and swatch

is that sliver is a long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter while swatch is a piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.

As verbs the difference between sliver and swatch

is that sliver is to cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit while swatch is to create a swatch.

sliver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
  • * 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 270.
  • *:A sliver of bone has punctured a lung, and a small surgical operation was needed to remove it (would he like to keep the bone as a memento?--it is in a phial by his bedside).
  • A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
  • Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
  • (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.

    • Synonyms

    * (long piece cut or rent off) shard, slice, splinter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
    • to sliver wood
    (Shakespeare)
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • They'll sliver thee like a turnip.

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    swatch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
    • He held a swatch of the wallpaper up to see if the colors would match the room.

    Verb

  • To create a swatch.
    • Swatching is important in knitting to obtain the correct gauge.