Fur vs. Scum — 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.

A filmy or frothy layer of matter that forms on the surface of a liquid or body of water or on a hard surface.

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

The refuse or dross of molten metals.

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

Refuse or worthless matter.

Coat or clog with a deposit

(Slang) One, such as a person or an element of society, that is regarded as despicable or worthless.

Covered with or made from a particular type of fur

To remove the scum from.

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

To become covered with scum.

Relating to the Fur or their language.

(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).

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

(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds

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

The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.

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

A reprehensible person or persons.

See fake fur.

To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).

A furlike coating

To remove (something) as scum.

To cover, line, or trim with fur.

To become covered with scum.

To cover or coat as if with fur.

(obsolete) To scour (the land, sea, etc.).

To line (a wall or floor) with furring.

(obsolete) To gather together, as scum.

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

To startscum or savescum.

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

The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.

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

Refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.

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

To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.

A thick pile of fabric.

To sweep or range over the surface of.

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

To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.

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

Worthless people

The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.

A film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid

(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.

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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