Tuft vs Luft - What's the difference?
tuft | luft |
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.
(chess) Space made for a castled king to give it a flight square to prevent a back-rank mate.
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As nouns the difference between tuft and luft
is that tuft is a bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base while luft is space made for a castled king to give it a flight square to prevent a back-rank mate.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)
