Nylon vs. Viscose — What's the Difference?

Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers composed of polyamides (repeating units linked by amide links). Nylon is a silk-like thermoplastic, generally made from petroleum, that can be melt-processed into fibers, films, or shapes.

A thick, golden-brown viscous solution of cellulose xanthate, used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane.

Any of a family of high-strength, resilient synthetic polymers, the molecules of which contain the recurring amide group CONH.

Viscose rayon.

Cloth or yarn made from one of these synthetic materials.

Viscous.

Nylons Stockings made of one of these synthetic materials.

Of, relating to, or made from viscose.

Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.

A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.

(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

A fabric made from this material.

(perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.

A cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda

Any of several thermoplastic polyamide plastics, comprising a family of high-strength resilient synthetic materials, used mostly in fibers.

A rayon fabric made from viscose (cellulose xanthate) fibers

A synthetic fabric consisting of fibers of nylon[wn1].

Stockings made of a thin form of nylon{2}, especially full-length stockings either sheer of of varying shades.

A thermoplastic polyamide; a family of high-strength resilient synthetic materials

A synthetic fabric