Fibre vs. Yarn — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fibre and Yarn
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Fibre
A thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed
The basket comes lined with natural coco fibres
Yarn
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.
Fibre
Dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.
Yarn
A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibers, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.
Fibre
Variant of fiber.
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Yarn
A similar strand of other materials such as glass or plastic.
Fibre
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.
Yarn
(Informal) A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.
Fibre
(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.
Yarn
To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.
Fibre
Dietary fibre.
Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.
Yarn
(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
Fibre
Moral strength and resolve.
The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.
Yarn
(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.
Fibre
(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π
Yarn
(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
Fibre
(category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
Yarn
To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.
Fibre
(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
Yarn
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.
Fibre
(cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
Yarn
One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
Fibre
Same as fiber.
Yarn
A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.
Fibre
A slender and greatly elongated solid substance
Yarn
The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;
His narration was hesitant
Fibre
The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;
Education has for its object the formation of character
Yarn
A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Fibre
A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
Yarn
Tell or spin a yarn
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