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Threader vs Threaden - What's the difference?

threader | threaden |

As a noun threader

is a device used to thread needles.

As an adjective threaden is

made or woven of thread; textile.

threader

English

Noun

(s)
  • A device used to thread needles
  • A device used to machine a screw thread

    • Anagrams

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    threaden

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) Made or woven of thread; textile.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • *1811 , Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review :
    • Thy gloves they were made of a threaden stitch, Thou kept on thy hands to hide the itch; […]
  • *1861 , Thomas Adams, The Works of Thomas Adams :
    • That kindness plungeth him into a deeper bondage; the first was but a threaden snare, which he might break, but this is an infrangible chain of iron.
  • *2014 , Ben Jonson, ?Elizabeth Cook, The Alchemist :
    • Your feet in mouldy slippers, for your kibes, A felt of rug, and a thin threaden cloak, That scarce would cover your no-buttocks— [...]
    (Webster 1913)