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Teflon vs Polyester - What's the difference?

teflon | polyester |

As adjectives the difference between teflon and polyester

is that teflon is having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces) while polyester is of, or consisting of polyesters.

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 a noun polyester is

any polymer whose monomers are linked together by ester bonds.

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

    polyester

    English

    (wikipedia polyester)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any polymer whose monomers are linked together by ester bonds
  • A material or fabric made from polyester polymer

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or consisting of polyesters

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