Plaid vs. Stripe — What's the Difference?

Short for Plaid Cymru

A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface.

Cloth, often made of wool, with a tartan or checked pattern.

A textile pattern of parallel bands or lines on a contrasting background.

A pattern of this kind.

A fabric having such a pattern.

A rectangular woolen scarf of a tartan pattern worn over the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.

A strip of cloth or braid worn on a uniform to indicate rank, awards received, or length of service; a chevron.

(textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.

Sort; kind

A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands.

A stroke or blow, as with a whip.

The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.

To mark with stripes or a stripe.

Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.

A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.

(archaic) play

A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.

A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.

(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.

Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

(informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.

Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.

A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.

A cloth having a crisscross design

A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.

(weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.

(computing) A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.

The start/finish line.

(transitive) To mark with stripes.

(transitive) To lash with a whip or strap.

To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.

A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.

A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.

A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.

A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.

Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.

The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.

To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.

To strike; to lash.

A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

A piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service

V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;

A kind or category;

A marking of a different color or texture from the background

Mark with stripes