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Wigwam vs Teepee - What's the difference?

wigwam | teepee |

As nouns the difference between wigwam and teepee

is that wigwam is a dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States while teepee is a cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.

As a verb teepee is

alternative form of nodot=yes lang=en to cover with toilet paper.

wigwam

English

(wikipedia wigwam)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
  • Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
  • * 1813 , John Gabriel Stedman, Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted... , volume 1, page 403:
  • Their houses or wigwams , which they call carbets'', are built as I have already described those of the negroes; but instead of being covered with the leaves of the manicole-tree, they are covered with the leaves of rattans or jointed canes, here called ''tas ,
  • * 1845 edition, Charles Darwin, Journal and Remarks'' (''The Voyage of the Beagle ):
  • The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock. It merely consists of a few broken branches stuck in the ground, and very imperfectly thatched on one side with a few tufts of grass and rushes.

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    teepee

    English

    (wikipedia teepee)

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) word , which in practice just means "house."

    Alternative forms

    * tepee * tipi

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

  • (to cover with toilet paper)