Piece vs. Sheet — What's the Difference?

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole

A thin rectangular piece of fabric for a bed, often used in a pair with one sheet below and one sheet above a person.

A written, musical, or artistic creation

A broad, thin, usually rectangular mass or piece of material, such as paper, metal, glass, or plywood.

An instance or example

A flat or very shallow, usually rectangular pan used for baking.

A coin of specified value

A broad, flat, continuous surface or expanse

A figure or token used to make moves in a board game

A moving expanse

A firearm.

A newspaper, especially a tabloid.

A woman.

(Computers) A single page of rows and columns constituting a subunit of a spreadsheet.

A sandwich or other item of food taken as a snack.

(Geology) A broad, relatively thin deposit or layer of igneous or sedimentary rock.

Assemble something from parts or pieces

A large block of stamps printed by a single impression of a plate before the individual stamps have been separated.

Extend something

(Mathematics) A surface of revolution generated by revolving a hyperbola about one of its two symmetric axes.

Patch (something)

A rope or chain attached to one or both of the lower corners of a sail, serving to move or extend it.

A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion

Sheets The spaces at either end of an open boat in front of and behind the seats.

A portion or part that has been separated from a whole

To cover with, wrap in, or provide with a sheet.

An object that is one member of a group or class

To make into sheets.

An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition

To flow or fall in a sheet

An instance; a specimen

To extend in a certain direction. Used of the sheets of a sail.

What one has to say about something; an opinion

Being in the form of a sheet

A coin

A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games.

A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.

Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn.

A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

(Slang) A firearm, especially a rifle.

A thin, flat layer of solid material.

(Informal) A given distance

A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.

To mend by adding pieces or a piece to

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

To join or unite the pieces of

A sail.

A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

(curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.

A single item belonging to a class of similar items.

(nonstandard) A layer of veneer.

(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.

(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.

(geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.

(nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.

An article published in the press.

A distinct level or stage within a game.

(military) An artillery gun.

(transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.

A gun.

(transitive) To form into sheets.

A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.

(intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.

A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.

(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

A shoddy or worthless object usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances.

A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.

A cannabis pipe.

A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; - usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.

Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.

A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.

An individual; a person.

To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.

(obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.

To expand, as a sheet.

(US) A pacifier; a dummy.

Any broad thin expanse or surface;

(colloquial) A distance.

Used for writing or printing

(rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.

Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape;

(slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.

Newspaper with half-size pages

To assemble (something real or figurative).

A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

(slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.

Come down as if in sheets;

A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping;

Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance

An individual; - applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.

One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.

A castle; a fortified building.

To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; - often with out.

To unite; to join; to combine.

To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.

A separate part of a whole;

An item that is an instance of some type;

A portion of a natural object;

A musical work that has been created;

An instance of some kind;

An artistic or literary composition;

A portable gun;

A serving that has been cut from a larger portion;

A distance;

A work of art of some artistic value;

A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;

A share of something;

Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games;

To join or unite the pieces of;

Make by putting pieces together;

Join during spinning;

Eat intermittently; take small bites of;

Repair by adding pieces;