Tuft vs Topknot - What's the difference?
tuft | topknot | Related terms |
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.
a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers
* Sir Walter Scott
a decorative headdress
A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird.
A small European flounder ( or allied species).
Tuft is a related term of topknot.
As nouns the difference between tuft and topknot
is that tuft is a bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc, held together at the base while topknot is a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers.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)
topknot
English
Noun
(en noun)- A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot .
