Tuft vs Foretop - What's the difference?
tuft | foretop |
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
To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
To form into tufts.
To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
To be formed into tufts.
(obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
(obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
(obsolete) In the phrase, to take time'' (or ''occasion'' or ''opportunity'') ''by the foretop , meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
(obsolete) A fop; one who sports a foretop.
An erect tuft of hair.
The forelock of a horse.
(nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
As nouns the difference between tuft and foretop
is that tuft is a bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base while foretop is the top of the head; the top of the forehead.As a verb tuft
is to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.tuft
English
Noun
(en noun)- Several young tufts , and others of the faster men.
Derived terms
*tufthunting *tufthunterVerb
(en verb)- (Thomson)