Fibre vs. Yarn — What's the Difference?

A thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.

Dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.

A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibers, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.

Variant of fiber.

A similar strand of other materials such as glass or plastic.

(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

(Informal) A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.

(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.

To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.

Dietary fibre.

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.

Moral strength and resolve.

(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.

(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

(category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.

To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.

(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.

(cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

Same as fiber.

A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.

A slender and greatly elongated solid substance

The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;

The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;

A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

Tell or spin a yarn