Flannel vs. Poplin — What's the Difference?

Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of various fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber.

Poplin, also called tabinet (or tabbinet), is a fine, but thick, wool, cotton or silk fabric that has a horizontal warp and a vertical weft. Nowadays, it is a strong fabric in a plain weave of any fiber or blend, with crosswise ribs that typically gives a corded surface.Poplin traditionally consisted of a silk warp with a weft of worsted yarn.

A kind of soft woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised

A ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, wool, or cotton, used in making clothing and upholstery.

A small piece of towelling used for washing oneself.

A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.

Bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly

A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, - used especially for women's dresses.

Use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly.

A ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery

A soft woven cloth of wool or a blend of wool and cotton or synthetics.

Outer clothing, especially pants, made of this cloth.

Underclothing made of this cloth.

Flannelette.

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

A washcloth.

A flannel shirt.

Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.

Made of flannel.

(transitive) To rub with a flannel.

(transitive) To wrap in flannel.

(transitive) To flatter; to suck up to.

To waffle or prevaricate.

A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture.

A cotton fabric with a thick nap on one side, resembling flannel{1}; it is used, e. g. for underwear or sheets; also called flanellette.

Garments made of flannel, especially underwear.

A washcloth.

Humbug; nonsensical or evasive talk.

Insincere flattery or praise.

A soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing

Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body

(usually in the plural) trousers