Fur vs. Fir — What's the Difference?

Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of many different animals, particularly mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath.

Firs (Abies) are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range.

A member of a Muslim people of the mountainous and desert regions of south-western Sudan.

An evergreen coniferous tree with upright cones and flat needle-shaped leaves, typically arranged in two rows. Firs are an important source of timber and resins.

The language of the Fur, an isolated member of the Nilo-Saharan family, with about 500,000 speakers.

Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies, having linear flattened needles and erect cones with deciduous scales.

Coat or clog with a deposit

Any of several similar or related trees, such as the Douglas fir.

Covered with or made from a particular type of fur

The wood of any these trees.

Level (floor or wall timbers) by inserting strips of wood

A conifer of the genus Abies.

Relating to the Fur or their language.

Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).

The thick coat of soft hair covering the skin of certain mammals.

(uncountable) Wood of such trees.

The hair-covered, dressed pelt of such a mammal, used in making garments and as trimming or decoration.

A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus.

A garment made of or lined with the dressed pelt of a mammal.

Nonresinous wood of a fir tree

See fake fur.

Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas

A furlike coating

To cover, line, or trim with fur.

To cover or coat as if with fur.

To line (a wall or floor) with furring.

The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.

A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.

A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

A thick pile of fabric.

The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.

The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.

(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.

Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).

A furry; a member of the furry subculture.

Pubic hair.

Sexual attractiveness.

(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

(intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.

To level a surface by applying furring to it.

Pronunciation spelling of for

The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.

Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).

Any coating considered as resembling fur

One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.

Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.

To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.

To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp.

The dressed hairy coat of a mammal

Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

A garment made of fur