Hem vs. Fringe — What's the Difference?

A hem in sewing is a garment finishing method, where the edge of a piece of cloth is folded and sewn to prevent unravelling of the fabric and to adjust the length of the piece in garments, such as at the end of the sleeve or the bottom of the garment.

A decorative border or edging of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band.

An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made by folding an edge under and stitching it down.

Something that resembles such a border or edging.

The height or level of the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; a hemline.

A marginal, peripheral, or secondary part

A short cough or clearing of the throat made especially to gain attention, warn another, hide embarrassment, or fill a pause in speech.

Those members of a group or political party holding extreme views

To fold back and stitch down the edge of.

Any of the light or dark bands produced by the diffraction or interference of light.

To surround and shut in; enclose

A fringe benefit.

To utter a hem.

To decorate with or as if with a fringe

To hesitate in speech.

To serve as a fringe to

Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

A decorative border.

An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

A marginal or peripheral part.

(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.

A rim or margin of something.

The periphery of a town or city (or other area).

In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.

(UK) bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.

To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

(physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.

To make a hem.

Non-mainstream theatre.

(transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.

(botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.

(transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.

(golf) The area around the green

Obsolete form of 'em

(AU) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.

Them

A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.

An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.

Outside the mainstream.

An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

(transitive) To decorate with fringe.

The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen it and prevent raveling.

(transitive) To serve as a fringe.

Border; edge; margin.

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.

Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.

To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.

One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; - called also interference fringe.

To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.

The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.

To border; to edge

To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.

Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down

The outside boundary or surface of something

Fold over and sew together to provide with a hem;

A part of the city far removed from the center;

Utter `hem' or `ahem'

A social group holding marginal or extreme views;

Edging consisting of hanging threads or tassels

Adorn with a fringe;

Decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe;