Tuft vs Plume - What's the difference?

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Tuft is a related term of plume.

As verbs the difference between tuft and plume

is that tuft is to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts while plume is .

As a noun tuft

is a bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc, held together at the base.

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.

plume

English

Noun

(en noun)

A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one.

* Milton

wings of many a coloured plume

The furry tail of certain dog breeds (e.g. Samoyed, Malteagle) that stands erect or curls over their backs.

A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet.

* Dryden

his high plume , that nodded o'er his head

A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.

* Milton

ambitious to win from me some plume

An upward spray of water or mist.

(geology) An upwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle.

(astronomy) An arc of glowing material erupting from the surface of a star.

A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.

Derived terms

* plume grass * plume moth * plume nutmeg

Verb

(plum)

To preen and arrange the feathers of.

* Washington Irving

pluming her wings among the breezy bowers

To congratulate (oneself) proudly.

He plumes himself on his skill.

(South)

To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.

(Francis Bacon)

(Dryden)

To adorn with feathers or plumes.

* Shakespeare

Farewell the plumed troop.

To form a plume.

Smoke plumed from his pipe then slowly settled towards the floor.

To write; to pen.

We mention this observation, not with any view of pretending to account for so odd a behaviour, but lest some critic should hereafter plume himself on discovering it.