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Weave vs Postiche - What's the difference?

weave | postiche | Hyponyms |

Postiche is a hyponym of weave.



As nouns the difference between weave and postiche

is that weave is a type or way of weaving while postiche is any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.

As a verb weave

is to form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

weave

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , Swedish '' .

Verb

  • To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
    • This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.
  • To spin a cocoon or a web.
    • Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
  • To unite by close connection or intermixture.
  • * Shakespeare
    • This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
  • * Byron
    • these words, thus woven into song
  • To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
    • to weave the plot of a story
    Related terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type or way of weaving.
    • That rug has a very tight weave .
  • Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) veifa'' ‘move around, wave’, related to Latin ''vibrare .

    Verb

    (weav)
  • To move by turning and twisting.
    • The drunk weaved into another bar.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
    • The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.
  • * Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    • Weave a circle round him thrice.

    References

    * * English irregular verbs

    postiche

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.
  • * 1993 , Patsy Baker, Wigs & Makeup for Theatre, Television, and Film , page 150
    • This type of postiche is called a 'combination wig' because it mixes hand-made work with machine-made work.
  • * 2001 , Allan Peterkin, One Thousand Beards: A cultural history of facial hair , page 17
    • both kings and queens enjoyed wearing lavish fake beards made of gold and silver called postiches , which were strapped behind the ears like a Halloween mask.

    Hyponyms

    * (false hair) hairpiece, toupee, weave, wig