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Ribbon vs Webbing - What's the difference?

ribbon | webbing |

As nouns the difference between ribbon and webbing

is that ribbon is a long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping while webbing is a sturdy woven fabric.

As a verb ribbon

is to decorate with ribbon.

ribbon

English

(wikipedia ribbon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
  • An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
  • A narrow strip or shred.
    • a steel or magnesium ribbon
    sails torn to ribbons
  • (shipbuilding)
  • (slang, dated, in the plural) Driving reins.
    • (London Athenaeum)
  • (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
  • (spinning) A sliver.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
  • (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.

    • See also

    * riband

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To decorate with ribbon.

    • Synonyms

    * beribbon

    Anagrams

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    webbing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sturdy woven fabric
    • The webbing of the lawn chair made marks on his thigh.
  • (military) A belt and shoulder harness with attached pouches used to carry a soldier's equipment, water, ammunition, etc.
  • (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the web
    • He caught the ball in the webbing .

    Synonyms

    * (military) web gear, web belt