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Woven vs Plaited - What's the difference?

woven | plaited |

As verbs the difference between woven and plaited

is that woven is while plaited is (plait).

As an adjective woven

is fabricated]] by [[weave#etymology 1|weaving.

As a noun woven

is a cloth formed by weaving it only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.

woven

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Fabricated]] by [[weave#Etymology 1, weaving.
    • Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof.
  • Interlaced
    • The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • The spider had woven her web on a corner of the attic.
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    plaited

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (plait)

    • plait

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
    • a box plait
  • * Addison
    • the plaits and foldings of the drapery
  • A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
  • To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.

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