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Teflon vs Kevlar - What's the difference?

teflon | kevlar |

As a noun Kevlar

is an exceptionally strong, light, man-made fibre used to strengthen cables and sheet materials, e.g. in stab-resistant vests.

As a proper noun Teflon is

multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.

As an adjective Teflon is

having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).

teflon

English

(wikipedia Teflon)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal, of a politician) Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).
  • * 1995 , Liz Cunningham, Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age :
    • But Ronald Reagan, by everybody's definition, was the Teflon president, and it wasn't that the media tried to touch him and failed.

    Related terms

    * polytetrafluoroethylene

    See also

    * Gore-Tex * ePTFE

    kevlar

    English

    Alternative forms

    * kevlar

    Noun

    (-)
  • An exceptionally strong, light, man-made fibre used to strengthen cables and sheet materials, e.g. in stab-resistant vests.

    • See also

    * *

    Anagrams

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