Comforter vs. Duvet

Comforternoun

A person who comforts someone who is suffering.

Duvetnoun

A thick, padded quilt used instead of blankets.

Comforternoun

(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.

Duvetnoun

(US) A cover for a quilt or comforter.

Comforternoun

A woollen scarf for winter.

Duvetnoun

a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

Comforternoun

A pacifier.

Duvetnoun

a soft quilt filled with down, feathers, or a synthetic fibre, used instead of an upper sheet and blankets.

Comforternoun

One who administers comfort or consolation.

‘Let no comforter delight mine earBut such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.’;

Duvetnoun

a thick down-filled jacket worn by mountaineers.

Comforternoun

The Holy Spirit, - referring to his office of comforting believers.

‘But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.’;

Duvet

A duvet (UK: , US: ; from French duvet [dyvɛ] 'down') is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with either down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk, or a synthetic alternative, and is typically protected with a removable cover, analogous to a pillow and pillow case. Sleepers often use a duvet without a top bed sheet, as the duvet cover can readily be removed and laundered as often as the bottom sheet.

Comforternoun

A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow.

‘The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.’;

Comforternoun

A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.

Comforternoun

commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

Comforternoun

a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies;

‘a reliever of anxiety’; ‘an allayer of fears’;

Comforternoun

bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

Comforternoun

device used for an infant to suck or bite on

Comforter

A comforter (in American English), also known as a doona in Australian English, or a continental quilt (or simply quilt) or duvet in British English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled with insulative materials for warmth, traditionally down or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and other down alternative fibers. Like quilts, comforters are generally laid over a top bed sheet (and sometimes also blankets).