Wool vs Woof - What's the difference?
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The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
* 2006 , Nigel Guy Wilson, Ancient Greece , page 692
A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
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Anything with a texture like that of wool.
* 1975 , Anthony Julian Huxley, Plant and Planet , page 223
A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
(obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
* Shakespeare
(British, NZ) yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)
the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.
A fabric; the texture of a fabric.
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As nouns the difference between wool and woof
is that wool is the hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants while woof is the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.As a proper noun Wool
is a village in Dorset, England.As an interjection woof is
expression of strong physical attraction for someone.As a verb woof is
to make a woofing sound.As an acronym woof is
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English
Noun
(en-noun)- The sheep were caught and plucked, because shears had not yet been invented to cut the wool from the sheep's back.
- The groundsels have leaves covered in wool for insulation
- wool of bat and tongue of dog
Coordinate terms
* (hair of sheep) goathair, horsehair, qiviutHyponyms
* (cloth or yarn) felt, tweed, worstedDerived terms
* andalusian wool * breech wool * burry wool * cotton wool * dead pulled wool * dyed in the wool * fleece wool * glass wool * ice wool * mineral wool * much cry and little wool * pull the wool over somebody's eyes * rag wool * scoured wool * seed wool * Shetland wool * shorn wool * steel wool * thibet wool * virgin wool * warm as wool * waste of wool * wire wool * wool grease * wool oil * woolgathering * woollen, woolly * woolly, woolySee also
* (wikipedia "wool")woof
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) oof, owf, from (etyl) , from Proto-Germanic *webanan'' (to weave), from Proto-Indo-European ''*webh-''/''*wobh- (to weave, to lace together).Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=O'er her fine waist the purfled woof descends; }}