Worsted vs Yarn - What's the difference?
worsted | yarn |
Yarn made from long strands of wool.
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The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.
* 1902 , (Joseph Conrad),
(worst)
Defeated, overcome.
* 1869 , (Louisa May Alcott),
(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
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As nouns the difference between worsted and yarn
is that worsted is yarn made from long strands of wool while yarn is a twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.As verbs the difference between worsted and yarn
is that worsted is past tense of worst while yarn is to tell a story.As an adjective worsted
is defeated, overcome.worsted
English
(wikipedia worsted)Etymology 1
Named after Worsted (now (Worstead)), a town in Norfolk, England.Noun
- "Yes, young people are usually blind to everything but their own wishes, and seldom imagine how much those wishes cost others," said Mrs. Garth She did not mean to go beyond this salutary general doctrine, and threw her indignation into a needless unwinding of her worsted , knitting her brow at it with a grand air.
The Heart of Darkness.
- He had tied a bit of white worsted round his neck -- Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge -- an ornament -- a charm -- a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected with it?
Hyponyms
* (fine wool fabric) gabardine, serge, tamin, whipcordEtymology 2
Participle adjective of the verb (worst).Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Little Women.
- Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such an unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in an argument.
yarn
English
Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn , but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
