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
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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.
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Fibre
Dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.
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Yarn
A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibers, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.
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Fibre
Variant of fiber.
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Yarn
A similar strand of other materials such as glass or plastic.
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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.
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Yarn
(Informal) A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.
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Fibre
(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.
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Yarn
To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.
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Fibre
Dietary fibre.
Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.
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Yarn
(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
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Fibre
Moral strength and resolve.
The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.
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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.
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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
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Yarn
(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
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Fibre
(category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
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Yarn
To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.
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Fibre
(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
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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.
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Fibre
(cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
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Yarn
One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
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Fibre
Same as fiber.
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Yarn
A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.
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Fibre
A slender and greatly elongated solid substance
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Yarn
The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;
His narration was hesitant
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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
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Yarn
A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
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Fibre
A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
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Yarn
Tell or spin a yarn
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