Cashmere vs. Pashmina — What's the Difference?

The fine wool of a Cashmere goat.

Fine, downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of Himalayan goats.

A soft fabric made of this wool or of similar fibers.

A soft fabric made of this wool.

Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.

A Cashmere; a goat native to Kashmir.

A soft fabric made of this wool.

Cashmere: the fine wool that grows under the hair of this goat.

(countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.

Cashmere: a soft fabric made from this wool.

Any similar shawl.

A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.

A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.

A soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat

The wool of the Kashmir goat

An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India