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Tress vs Tuft - What's the difference?

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Tress is a related term of tuft.


As nouns the difference between tress and tuft

is that tress is a braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet while tuft is a bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc, held together at the base.

As verbs the difference between tress and tuft

is that tress is to braid or knot hair while tuft is to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.

tress

English

Noun

(es)
  • A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  • (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To braid or knot hair.

    • Anagrams

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    tuft

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
  • A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
  • A small clump of trees or bushes.
  • (historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
  • (historical) A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
  • * T. Hughes
    • Several young tufts , and others of the faster men.

    Derived terms

    *tufthunting *tufthunter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
    • (Thomson)
  • To form into tufts.
  • To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
  • To be formed into tufts.