Headscarf vs. Scarf — What's the Difference?

A headscarf is a scarf covering most or all of the top of a person's, usually women's, hair and head, leaving the face uncovered. A headscarf is formed of a triangular cloth or a square cloth folded into a triangle, with which the head is covered.

A scarf, plural scarves, is a piece of fabric worn around the neck or head for warmth, sun protection, cleanliness, fashion, or religious reasons or used to show the support for a sports club or team. They can be made in a variety of different materials such as wool, linen, silk or cotton.

A scarf worn over or around the head, often folded and tied.

A length or square of fabric worn around the neck or head

A hijab.

A joint connecting two pieces of timber or metal in which the ends are bevelled or notched so that they fit over or into each other.

A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.

An incision made in the blubber of a whale.

A kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin

Join the ends of (two pieces of timber or metal) by bevelling or notching them so that they fit over or into each other

Make an incision in the blubber of (a whale).

Eat or drink (something) hungrily or enthusiastically

A long piece of cloth worn about the head, neck, or shoulders.

A decorative cloth for covering the top of a piece of furniture; a runner.

A sash indicating military rank.

A joint made by cutting or notching the ends of two pieces correspondingly and strapping or bolting them together. Also called scarf joint.

Either of the correspondingly cut or notched ends that fit together to form such a joint.

To dress, cover, or decorate with or as if with a scarf.

To wrap (an outer garment) around one like a scarf.

To join by means of a scarf.

To cut a scarf in.

To eat or drink voraciously; devour

A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

A headscarf.

(dated) A neckcloth or cravat.

A type of joint in woodworking.

A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.

A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.

(Scotland) A cormorant.

To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.

To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.

To shape by grinding.

To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.

To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

To eat very quickly.

A cormorant.

An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth.

In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece.

To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.

To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.

To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.

A garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration

A joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end

Masturbate while strangling oneself

Unite by a scarf joint

Wrap in or adorn with a scarf