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Woven vs Threaden - What's the difference?

woven | threaden |

As adjectives the difference between woven and threaden

is that woven is fabricated]] by [[weave#etymology 1|weaving while threaden is (label) made or woven of thread; textile.

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.

As a verb woven

is .

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.
    English adjectives ending in -en ----

    threaden

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) Made or woven of thread; textile.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • *1811 , Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review :
    • Thy gloves they were made of a threaden stitch, Thou kept on thy hands to hide the itch; […]
  • *1861 , Thomas Adams, The Works of Thomas Adams :
    • That kindness plungeth him into a deeper bondage; the first was but a threaden snare, which he might break, but this is an infrangible chain of iron.
  • *2014 , Ben Jonson, ?Elizabeth Cook, The Alchemist :
    • Your feet in mouldy slippers, for your kibes, A felt of rug, and a thin threaden cloak, That scarce would cover your no-buttocks— [...]
    (Webster 1913)